(RBD) with twelve treatments replicated three times. In each treatment, there were six plants per replication. The banana suckers of
cultivar Rasthali without Fusarium wilt infection was obtained
from the wilt-free garden. The treatments and the schedule of
application were the same as that in the greenhouse experiment.
A capsule filled with carbendazim (60 mg/capsule) was applied
by the corm injector designed at TNAU. The capsule was applied
to the holes made at an angle of 45diagonally in the corm. Observations on the incidence of wilt disease was scored based on a 1–5
scale (Ploetz et al., 1999). The percent wilt index was worked out
using Mc Kinney’s (1923)formula. Besides disease incidence,
observations of growth parameters such as girth and height of
pseudostem and leaf area were recorded according to the guidelines of the International Institute for the improvement of Banana
and Plantain (INIBAP).