Bhavidoddi RahulKumarKanamadi, V C2019-07-152019-07-152003No. of references 108http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810114442"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."ennullThesis