Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Foliar application of micronutrients for enhancing productivity of banana under irrigated conditions through farmers’ participatory approach
Author(s): D Jegadeeswari, GA Dheebakaran and VK Paul Pandi
Abstract: In India, banana is the second largest cultivating fruit crop, exhausts major and micronutrients from the soil. Location specific nutrient management with proper demonstration through participatory approach might be the solution to address these nutrient deficiencies and to improve the banana productivity. In this context, on farm assessment trials with foliar nutrition were conducted at Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is concluded from the study that the optimized nutrient and crop management package including quality banana suckers, application of RDF fertilizers @ 160:50:390 N:P:K g/plant in three splits at 3, 5, and 7th after planting along with two foliar spary of banana special or banana sakthi during fruit development stage can be adopted as a package to increase the banana productivity under irrigated vertisol tracts of Virudhunagar district. In places of low soil nitrogen fields, additional dose of 25 percent N is recommended for higher yield and net income.
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D Jegadeeswari, GA Dheebakaran, VK Paul Pandi. Foliar application of micronutrients for enhancing productivity of banana under irrigated conditions through farmers’ participatory approach. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):1094-1097.
