Vol. 5 (4) : July-August 2014 issue
Green Farming Vol. 5 (4) : 583-586 ; July-August, 2014
Effect of water soluble fertilizers on growth and yield of banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Nain
S.R. MANE1*, B.N. PATEL2, A.P. GONGE3 and D.P. NAWALKAR4
ASPEE College of Horticulture & Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari - 396 450 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1,3,4Ph. D. Scholar *(shailenrmane@gmail.com), 2Associate Director of Research
Subject : Horticulture (Spices, Ornamental & Plantation Crops, Floriculture and Landscape Architecture etc.)
Paper No. : P-1701
Total Pages : 4
Received : 03 March 2014
Revised accepted : 18 July 2014
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Citation :
S.R. MANE, B.N. PATEL, A.P. GONGE and D.P. NAWALKAR. 2014. Effect of water soluble fertilizers on growth and yield of banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Nain. Green Farming Vol. 5 (4) : 583-586 ; July-August, 2014
ABSTRACT
Field experiment was conducted on moderately drained clayey soil which was classified earlier as “deep black soil in Southern Gujarat for two consecutive years (2011-13) to study the response of water soluble fertilizers in banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Nain. Total ten combinations and three repetitions were laid out in RBD with Factorial concept. The study indicated the beneficial effects of water soluble fertilizer with respect of growth parameters like, number of leaves, leaf area (22.67 & 19.36 m2), pseudostem girth (73.92 & 72.29 cm) pseudostem height (2.12 & 2.05 m) and yield (106.34 & 84.59 t/ha), respectively in water soluble fertilizer and micronutrient treatments. The W3 100 % RDF through water soluble fertilizer with micronutrient @ 30 g Grade- IV (M1) increasing growth and yield of banana.
Key words :
Banana, Fertigation, Leaf area, Pseudostem girth and height, Water soluble fertilizer.
