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Plantain growth of (height and number of leaves) and number of root bases (places where roots attach to the corm) on the sucker showing lesions by nematodes on Musa AAB ‘Dominico Hartón’ inoculated with varying initial densities of Radopholus similis, Pratylenchus araucensis, Meloidogyne spp_ and the mixture of 750 R_ similis + 750 P_ araucensis + 750 Meloidogyne spp_ and the mixture of other proportions (1,500, 2,250 and 3,000 of each species of nematodes)_
| EXP | Nematode population | Radopholus similis | Pratylenchus araucensis | Meloidogyne spp. | Concomitant nematode infestation | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height (cm) | Leaf (#) | Root base (#) | Height (cm) | Leaf (#) | Root base (#) | Height (cm) | Leaf (#) | Root base (#) | Height (cm) | Leaf (#) | Root base (#) | ||||||
| Lesion | Total | Lesion | Total | Lesion | Total | Lesion | Total | ||||||||||
| 1 | Controly | 43 ax | 5 a | 0 | 27 | 43 a | 5 a | 0 | 27 | 43 a | 5 a | 0 | 27 | 43 a | 5 a | 0 | 27 |
| 750 | 37 b | 6 a | 18 | 25 | 36 b | 5 a | 13 | 21 | 36 b | 5 a | 14 | 23 | 35 b | 5 a | 16 | 20 | |
| 1,500 | 37 b | 5 a | 17 | 21 | 37 b | 5 a | 16 | 24 | 38 b | 5 a | 14 | 20 | 38 a | 5 a | 18 | 23 | |
| 2,250 | 37 b | 6 a | 18 | 20 | 40 b | 5 a | 17 | 26 | 40 b | 5 a | 16 | 23 | 37 a | 4 a | 19 | 21 | |
| 3,000 | 38 b | 5 a | 20 | 24 | 37 b | 5 a | 14 | 22 | 40 b | 6 a | 15 | 20 | 32 a | 5 a | 18 | 20 | |
| 2 | Control | 29 a | 6 a | 0 | 26 | 29 a | 6 a | 0 | 26 | 29 a | 6 a | 0 | 26 | 29 a | 6 a | 0 | 26 |
| 750 | 26 b | 4 b | 11 | 21 | 28 b | 4 b | 5 | 19 | 31 a | 4 b | 9 | 27 | 25 b | 4 b | 13 | 20 | |
| 1,500 | 25 b | 4 b | 14 | 21 | 28 ab | 4 b | 8 | 20 | 30 a | 4 b | 5 | 23 | 27 b | 4 b | 16 | 19 | |
| 2,250 | 28 ab | 4 b | 17 | 22 | 27 b | 4 b | 6 | 19 | 27 a | 4 b | 5 | 18 | 25 b | 4 b | 18 | 21 | |
| 3,000 | 25 b | 4 b | 15 | 18 | 31 a | 4 b | 8 | 25 | 23 b | 4 b | 6 | 15 | 25 b | 4 b | 18 | 21 | |