STABLE OIL-DITHIOCARBAMATE FORMULATIONS, METHODS FOR THEIR FORMULATIONS, AND METHODS FOR THEIR APPLICATION TO BANANA PLANTS TO INCREASE BANANA YIELD. PREFERRED DISPERSIONS COMPRISE A THIXOTROPIC SYSTEM OF MANGANESE ETHYLENEBISDITHIOCARBAMATE OR MIXTURES THEREOF WITH ZINC ETHYLENEBISDITHIOCARBAMATE OR A SOURCE OF ZINC ION IN OIL IN WHICH THERE ARE ALSO CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF LECITHIN, WATER, AND AN EMULSIFIER, SUCH AS AN ALKYLATED ARYL POLYETHER ALCOHOL LIKE TRITON X-155, TRITON X-100, TRITON X-45, ETC., OR A SORBITAN MONOLAURATE POLYOXYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE, SUCH AS TWEEN 60 TO ENABLE THE FINAL DISPERSIONS TO HAVE VISCOSITES RANGING FROM ABOUT 2,000 TO ABOUT 50,000 CPS. AT TEMPERATURES OF BETWEEN ABOUT 60* AND 120*F.