Abstract
The study was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during 201112 to study the effect on application of different micronutrient formulations on growth, yield and quality of banana cultivar poovan. The four different formulation T1: No application of micronutrients, T2: Foliar Application of FeSo4 0.20%, ZnSo4 0.5%, CuSo4 0.2% and borax 0.1% at 3, 5, 7 months after planting, T3: Soil Application of NRCB banana Sakthi at the rate 10g per plant on 3MAP. T4: Application Arka banana special @ 250 ml of 0.5%, solution to the soil followed by foliar application of 0.5%, on 5, 6, 7, 8 months after planting in five farmers field at Kammankadu village of Pudukkottai district during June, 2011. The results revealed that the highest pseudostem height of 2.48m, pseudostem girth of 76 cm, number of leaves per plant (18 nos.), leaf area index(4.72), finger weight (123g) bunch weight (20.10kg) and TSS (16.6o Brix) were recorded with application of Arka banana special micronutrients followed by foliar application micronutrients and soil application. The Arka banana special application through soil application 250 ml solution (%) on 45days after planting, followed by foliar application 0.5% on 5, 6, 7 and at shooting on hands recorded significantly highest yield (45.23 t/ha) over other two micronutrient application.
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