Effect of covering materials and bunch feeding on yield attributes of banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Naine
Author(s): Maksudan, Dr. Deepti Patel, Dr. Prabhakar Singh and Dr. GD Sahu
Abstract: The present study was conducted during 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 at the College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, with the objective to know the effect of covering materials and bunch feeding on yield attributes of banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Naine. The bunch feeding was done after the completion of the female phase. The distal stalk of the banana bunch was fed with different nutrient sources like urea, sulphate of potash, banana special and organic manure forms like cow dung and cow urine with banana bunch covering materials and compared with the control (without bunch feeding and bunch covering materials). The results revealed that the treatment T19 i.e. 9 g Urea + 9 g SOP + 500 g Cow dung + 0.2% Banana Special + BPE recorded significantly maximum yield parameters viz., bunch weight (36.15, 35.39 and 35.77 kg), hand weight (3.28, 3.22 and 3.25 kg), weight of fingers (202.15, 198.95 and 200.55 g), pulp weight (152.55, 148.55 and 150.55 g), peel weight (50.42, 49.62 and 50.02 g), volume of fingers (168.52, 162.36 and 165.44 cc) and yield (83.29, 81.11 and 82.20 t/ha) followed by T20 i. e 9 g Urea + 9 g SOP + 500 g Cow dung + 0.2% Banana Special + WPE during both the years as well as in pooled data respectively.
