Department of Fruit Crops, Horticulture College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore- 641 003, India.
In the post shooting spray experiments, foliar spray of potassium di hydrogen phosphate (0.5%) + urea (1%) + 2, 4-D (20ppm) and SOP at 1.5 per cent resulted in obtaining higher yield with good quality fruits and relatively higher cost:benefit ratio. Thus, the overall study clearly indicates the benefit of giving post shoot application. Hence, it can be concluded that either SOP at 1.5% or combination of 0.5% potassium di hydrogen phosphate + 1% urea + 20 ppm 2,4-D as foliar spray twice, first at the time of last hand emergence and repeated after 30 days so as to produce quality bunches, which is cost wise very economical.
Banana, Nutrient spray, SOP, Urea, 2,4-D, Potassium di hydrogen phosphate, Yield, Quality
