Growth of Banana as Influenced by Integrated Nutrient Management Practices

An investigation was undertaken to develop an optimum nutrient schedule for banana cv. sugandham. The experiment consisted of nineteen treatments laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The field experiment was conducted during 2008 at Horticultural Research Station, Mahanandi, Kurnool Dt. Andhra Pradesh to study the effect integrated nutrient management on growth of banana. Results revealed that plants treated with FYM + Neem cake + 50% RDF + Azatobactor + PSB (T19) resulted in higher plant height (3.61 m), number of leaves (17.0), pseudostem diameter (50.50 cm), length of leaf (161.80 cm), leaf breadth (63.93 cm), phyllocron (7.0 days), root growth (12.6 cm). From the investigation, it could be concluded that application of FYM + Neem cake + 50% RDF + Azatobactor + PSB (T19) was appeared to the optimum nutrient combination for better growth of banana cv. sugandham.