Short CommunicationIn the production of plantains and bananas, as in most of agricultural production systems, large amounts of residues or waste are generated, such as reject fruits, pseudo-stems, leaf litter and rachis, mainly. In this regard, investigations carried out in Cuba, considering an average value into the percentage of rachis weight (11%) and its representativeness at the annual level production of plantains and bananas in the country (675,405.1 t), can mean values of 74,294.6 t of cluster rachis. These data reaffirm that the production of plantains and bananas in Cuba, causes a considerable amount of organic waste, which are not properly used and they could be reused [1].The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) promotes experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean, focused at reducing food loss and waste, and the use of by-products or residues, which contribute to the improvement of environmental health conditions in the context of integrated and efficient productive systems [2]. Leachates from edible musaceae (plantains and bananas) are plant extracts, obtained by decomposition of harvest residues [3,4]. The rachis leachate (flower peduncle, also known as pinzote or stem, has a helical shape and it is the responsible for the support of clusters), as it is a product of the same plant, it has essential nutrients (N, K, Fe, Mn, Na, Cu) that can be reused for the crop itself [5][6][7]. These plant extracts applied to banana seedlings under nursery conditions, have proven to be effective in the growth of them, with a significant increase in the variables (height, number of leaves, as well as the total length and fresh and dry weight of the roots) [8,9]. Besides the nutritional value of this extract of plants, its potential as a pest and pathogen controller has been studied.