1Assistant Professor, Agronomy, Directorate of Research, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka-584 102
2Professor, Agronomy, College of Agriculture, UAS, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560 065
College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560 065
*Corresponding author Email: murthyagron@rediffmail.com; murthyagron@gmail.com
Online published on 17 August, 2013.
A field experiment was carried out in a loamy soil to study the effect of distillery spentwash ferti-irrigation under different combinations in banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Naine from 2008 to 2010 at the Shanthi farm of the M/s Gemini Distilleries Pvt. Ltd., Nanjangud, Mysore. The experiment consisted of nine treatments, of which five treatments were based on nitrogen supply, three treatments on potassium supply through distillery spentwash irrigation and one recommended dose of fertilizer to banana. Application of 25% N through fertilizers plus 75% N through distillery spentwash irrigation recorded higher bunch yield (74.6 and 67.9 t/ha of main and ratoon crop, respectively), growth parameters, yield components, nutrients uptake and B:C ratio (4.79 and 8.07, respectively) as compared to other treatments.
Banana, Distillery spentwash, Ferti-irrigation, Nutrient uptake, Yield
