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The experiment was conducted at the Agriculture Research Station, College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Jabugam during three consecutive seasons of the years 2015-16 and 2016-17. This was to evaluate banana Pseudostem and maize fodder waste with and without cow dung and Anubhav biodegradable bacterial consortium (ABBC) for it bi-product in terms of vermicomposting, time required for degradation and the nutritive quality of vermicompost. The experiment consisted of eight treatments and conducted in RBD with three replications. Results shows that, the treatment Banana pseudostem + 5% Cow dung + Anubhav biodegradable bacterial consortium and the treatment Maize fodder waste + 5% Cow dung + Anubhav biodegradable bacterial consortium were significantly higher for N, P, K content during all the three seasons and in pooled analysis with less number of days to harvest and high recovery. While, microbial count were recorded maximum in banana Pseudostem based vermicompost than maize fodder waste. Overall, vermicompost produced from the banana Pseudostem and maize fodder waste by using ABBC @ 1 lit/t and 5 % cow dung provided the major nutrients in more Parmar et al.; CJAST, 36(1): 1-9, 2019; Article no.CJAST.49461 2 balanced proportion. The main perspectives of this study is to decrease the environmental pollution by making vermicompost from banana pseudostem waste or maize fodder (waste) instead of dumping on road side or burning or left in the field and also reduce the use of chemicals by using vermicompost. Original Research Article

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An experiment entitled was conducted at the Agricultural Research Station, AAU, Jabugam which comes under Middle Gujarat Agro-Climate Zone-III during seasons of the year 2013-14 and 2014-15 on "Evaluation of different varieties of banana in tribal area of Chhotaudepur Region of Middle Gujarat". The experiment consisted of eight treatment combinations comprised of four varieties (viz. V 1 .Grand Naine, V 2 .Robusta, V 3 .Mahalaxmi and V 4 .William) and two planting materials (viz. P 1 . Tissue culture plants and P 2 . Suckers), and conducted in RBD with factorial concept with four replications. The soil of the experimental field was sandy loam in texture. All the plants were planted at 1.80 m spacing with one plant per hole. Willium registered the highest yield among all in pooled analysis and it was at par with Grand naine during 2014. On pooled basis, willium variety also showed better pulp: peel ratio, where with regard to the PLW ratio, Mahalaxmi and Willium were at par and recorded higher PLW ratio. Variety Grand Naine produced significantly higher production per day (206 kg/ha) in pooled analysis, which was at par with variety Willium (203 kg/ha). Banana raised through tissue also produced higher yield, PLW ratio and per day productivity (211.2 kg/ha) than suckers.