Effect of planting material and mode of fertilizer application on growth, yield and soil properties of banana under Western Ghat Zone

Patil, Y. G.; Patil, V.S.

doi:10.5958/2229-4473.2017.00012.x

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“…The minimum value obtained on unpared suckers + 0 t ha -1 is a pointer to low quality planting materials, infestation by pests and diseases, insufficient physiological stimulation for growth leading to decrease or low yields. This agrees with the report of those who noted that poor planting material and inadequate nutrients undermine crop performance potentials (Patil and Patil, 2017). The result of the study showed that all pared suckers with or without fertilizer sources increase growth and yield than the unpared suckers + 0 t ha -1 application rate (control).…”

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Evaluation of Pared Suckers in Neem Dips and Fertilizer Sources on Sustainability of Inflorescence Dichotomous Plantain Cultivars in Tropical Ultisol of Southeastern Nigeria

Ekanem¹,

Akpheokhai²

2020

Trop.cal.Agr

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Inflorescence dichotomous cultivars of false horn plantain (Musa spp.) is facing potential genetic erosion and extinction of its gene pool as a result of desertion, poor management practices, pests and diseases. Field trials were conducted at the University of Uyo Teaching and Research Farm during the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 planting seasons to determine the effect of paring plantain suckers dipped in neem extracts and fertilizer sources on growth and yield related components of dichotomous plantain. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design RCBD and replicated four times. The treatments consisted: pared sucker + 10% neem extract +10 t ha-1 poultry manure (PM); pared sucker + 10% neem extract + 20 t ha-1 PM; pared sucker + 10% neem extract + 400 kg ha-1 NPK 15-15-15 fertilizer; pared sucker + 0 t ha-1 PM and unpared sucker + 0 t ha-1 (which served as controls). Data collected on growth and yield related components were subjected to analysis of variance at 5% level of significance. Results indicated that pared suckers treated with neem extract and fertilizer sources had positive effect on growth and yield of inflorescence dichotomous plantain. However, unpared suckers + 0 t ha-1 were significantly (p>0.05) poor in growth and yield. The growth and yield parameters in the mother and first ratoon plants of pared suckers + 10% neem extract + 20 t ha-1 PM were significantly (p<0.05) superior than other treatment applications, notably, with taller pseudostem height which ranged from 306.50 to 309.50 cm, larger pseudostem girth ranged between 60.70 and 65.60 cm, number of suckers produced at harvest ranged from 9.50 to 10.00, fruit length ranged from 24.17 to 24.42 cm while the fruit diameter were between 17.83 and 18.17 cm respectively. In addition, the fruits in treated suckers increased significantly with yield ranging from 22.72 to 23.28 t ha-1 respectively. Consistently, pared plantain suckers dipped in 10% neem extract cum 20 t ha-1 PM in the field could effectively improve yield and encourage sustainability of inflorescence dichotomous plantain performance.

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Evaluation of Pared Suckers in Neem Dips and Fertilizer Sources on Sustainability of Inflorescence Dichotomous Plantain Cultivars in Tropical Ultisol of Southeastern Nigeria

Ekanem¹,

Akpheokhai²

2020

Trop.cal.Agr

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“…When comparing micro-propagated with conventional planting material (i.e. suckers), micro-propagated banana were capable of performing equally or better in terms of mean plant height, time to bunch emergence, time to harvest, average bunch weight, average number of fingers as well as weight per bunch and hands per bunch for most of the varieties [1,2,3]. Wong et al (2017) studied the nursery technique for banana plantlets and reported that height and girth parameters (pseudostem diameter) are some of the important physical properties for successful planting of tissue culture banana [4].…”

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Physical and Mechanical Properties of Tissue Culture Banana Plantlets for the Design of Planting Mechanism

Prasad¹,

Sivakumar²,

Gunasekar

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Aims: To design a mechanical transplanting mechanism for tissue culture banana plantlets, physical and mechanical properties such as mass, height of plantlet, pseudostem height from tray to first leaf, pseudostem diameter between root plug and first leaf, root plug dimension, moisture content of root plug, pulling force and compression resistance are needed. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, AEC&RI, Kumulur, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, AEC&RI, Coimbatore and Post-Harvest Technology Centre, Coimbatore between August 2019 to December 2019. Methodology: For three local varieties used by the farmers to culivate tissue culture banana namely ‘Grand Naine-G9’ (AAA), ‘Red Banana’ (AAA) and ‘Nendran’ (BAA), physical and mechanical properties were studied. Results: ‘G9’, ‘Red Banana’ and ‘Nendran’ were 120.5±12.3, 117.2± 9.0 and 113.5±9.0 g mass and 379.3±21.72, 360±26.23, 467.6±13.06 mm height, pseudostem diameter near root plug was observed as 10.7 ± 1.0, 10.2 ± 0.8 and 10.9 ± 1.4 mm respectively. The height of pseudostem till the first leaf was minimum for ‘Red’ variety (37.1±4.3 mm), maximum for ‘Nendran’ (102.1±2.3 mm). The pulling force for three varieties were observed as 4.96±2, 4.97±1.1 and 5.05±1.6 N with little difference in-between them. The minimum compressive resistance offered by the three varieties are 47.16 ± 3.08, 46.42 ± 5.43 and 38.55 ± 1.86 N near the base and 44.07 ± 2.55, 37.89 ± 6.6 and 32.36 ± 1.58 N at 25 mm above root plug for ‘G9’, ‘Red’ and ‘Nendran’ respectively. Conclusion: The maximum plantlet weight was observed as 132.8 mm for ‘G9’ variety and plantlet height as 480 mm for ‘Nendran’ variety. The minimum height of pseudostem till the first leaf was 31 mm for ‘Red’ variety and picking gripper height should be less than 30 mm. The minimum pulling force should be 7 N to remove the plantlet from the pro-tray and force applied by the gripper to hold the plantlet on pseudostem shouldn’t exceed 30 N.

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Effect of planting material and mode of fertilizer application on growth, yield and soil properties of banana under Western Ghat Zone

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Evaluation of Pared Suckers in Neem Dips and Fertilizer Sources on Sustainability of Inflorescence Dichotomous Plantain Cultivars in Tropical Ultisol of Southeastern Nigeria

Evaluation of Pared Suckers in Neem Dips and Fertilizer Sources on Sustainability of Inflorescence Dichotomous Plantain Cultivars in Tropical Ultisol of Southeastern Nigeria

Physical and Mechanical Properties of Tissue Culture Banana Plantlets for the Design of Planting Mechanism

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