What Are the Recommended Quality Check Methods for Costa Rican Banana?

According to technical papers from the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture and Cattle, these are some of the recommended practices for plantation management and quality:

1. Weed Management: Of utmost importance. Most weeds that can affect banana are grasses and climbing plants. Weed removal is recommended by using organic products, manual cleaning, or the use of coverings. 

2. Disease Control: To avoid the Fusarium pathogen, it's recommended to have a registry of all people who enter the plantation. Have adequate shoes. Restrict non-necessary access and restrict access to people who were recently in plantations with pathogen presence. Establish points of disinfection for shoes and tools.

3. Plague Control. For C. Sordidus control, insecticide or biologic controllers such as Beauveria bassiana are used.