Effect of petroleum-based oil on management of sigatoka leaf spot (Fusarium sp.) on banana (Musa sp.)

A field experiment was conducted at farmers’ fields to find out the effect of different treatments against sigatoka leaf spot caused by Mycosphaerella spp. on banana (Musa sp.) during 2014–15 and 2015–16 at KVK, Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design in three replications with nine treatments. There was minimum per cent disease severity index of sigatoka (13.57%) by the treatment T₈, i.e. spraying of Hexaconazole (H) @ 0.05% + petroleum based oil (Benole) @ 1% with maximum yield (69.9 t/ha), followed by treatment T₇ Propiconazole(P) @ 0.05% + Petroleum based oil (Benole) @ 1% (67.33 t/ha) as compared with rest of the treatments.