Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper


Vol.30,Issue 2, 2024

Page Number: 576-579

FOLIAR APPLICATION OF SECONDARY NUTRIENTS AND BANANA SPECIAL ON BUNCH AND YIELD OF BANANA CV. NEY POOVAN UNDER HILL ZONE OF KARNATAKA, INDIA

T.C. Supriya, H.S. Yallesh Kumar, B.S. Shivakumar, D. Ravikumar and N. Sudharani

Abstract

The present research was carried out at farmer’s field at Kollibyle village, Mudigere taluk, Chikmagalur district during the year 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design comprising of nine treatments with three replications. The results revealed that significantly maximum finger weight (91.70 g), finger length (14.93 cm), finger girth (38.70 mm), hand weight (1.44 kg), number of fingers per hand (14.77), bunch weight (15.51 kg), bunch length (74.02 cm), number of fingers per bunch (163.10) and yield per hectare (38.77 t) was observed in T9- Sulphate of Potash (1%) + Calcium Nitrate (0.25%) + Magnesium Sulphate (0.25%) + Banana Special (0.5%).