Resilience of two musaceae production systems in two areas of the ecuadorian tropics

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the resilience capacity of Musaceae production systems in the Ecuadorian tropics. The experimental design was completely randomized blocks with three replications, two locations (El Carmen and La Mana), two production systems (mixed and monoculture). According to the results of the studies, the mixed system of musaceae production was the one with the highest presence of arthropods, the Collembola order being the most diverse, which gives us the guideline to say that this order is associated with the quality of the soils. In the mixed systems, La Maná and El Carmen, there was a higher quantity of worms and microorganisms and a lower rate of infection of pests and diseases compared to the monoculture systems. The infection rates of black Sigatoka, the population of phytopathogenic nematodes and the severity of the black weevil attack are higher in plots with monoculture than when there is a mixture with cultivars that have tolerance to these biotic stresses. From this study we can conclude that mixed cropping systems are more productive, have greater biodiversity and are more resilient to being attacked by pests and diseases than agricultural systems based on monoculture.