Zinc Nutrition in Banana (cv. Grand Naine) at Early Growth Stage

Abstract

Aims: Banana is one of the most important and globally popular table purpose fruit. This plant requires good nutrition management with respect to macro and all micronutrients combining both the organic and inorganic sources. Out of different micronutrients, zinc plays a vital role in normal growth of banana plants starting from young stage. With the view, the present experiment was carried out to study the effect of zinc nutrition on early growth of banana plants (cv. Grand Naine). Study Design: The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with seven treatments and three replications. Place and Duration of Study: Present study has been carried out at Horticultural Farm,

Effect of Plant Nutrients on Vegetative Growth of Cavendish Banana

“…The N, P, K, Ca and Mg have principal role on root and shoot growth and photosynthetic activities whilst micronutrients take parts in different biosynthetic activities of different enzymes and hormones. Zinc is involved in the biosynthesis of Indole-3-acetic acid through its involvement in the synthesis of tryptophan, a precursor of auxin (Ram and Bose, 2000;Alloway, 2008), resulted maximum growth of root, and increased absorption of nutrients consequential enhanced vegetative growth (Gonmei et al, 2022). Accelerated activation of several enzymes and physiological activities by the micronutrients is the result of encouraged plant growth including spread (Das and Mohan, 1993;Singh and Singh, 2002).…”