EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON BANANA cv. RAJAPURI (Musa AAB)
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2003
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, DHARWAD
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"An experiment was carried out on banana plant crop, cv. Rajapuri
{Musa AAB) to study the effect of organic an3niorganic fertilizers on
banana growth, maturity, yield and quality parameters in the All India
Coordinated Research Project on Tropical Fruits located at Kittur Rani
Channamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi during November 2001 to
December 2002.
The treatment 100 per cent inorganic fertilizer alone recorded
maximum plant height during initial period of growth upto 150 days
after planting (DAP), whereas at later period of growth, treatment
comprising 25 per cent N as FYM + green manure (sunhemp) + 75 per
cent N as inorganic fertiliser recorded maximum plant height. Similar
trend was noticed for other vegetative growth parameters such as
pseudostem girth, number of functional leaves, leaf area and number of
sucker production.
Early shooting and harvesting was recorded in the treatment 25
per cent N as FYM + green manure (sunhemp) + 75 per cent N as
inorganic. The highest bunch weight of 8.65 kg per plant (26.81 t/ha)
was noticed in the above treatment. Similar trend was also observed for
number of hands per bunch, number of fingers per hand, total number
of fingers per bunch, finger length, finger girth, finger weight, pulp
weight, peel weight, pulp to peel ratio, shelf life, TSS, TSS : acid ratio,
reducing sugar, total sugar, N, P, K in leaf, yield per plot, yield per
hectare, highest net returns and cost : benefit ratio. While lower values
were recorded for acidity, non-reducing sugar, days taken for ripening,
nematode population in soil and roots at bunching stage."
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