Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore- 641 003, India.
*Present address: Horticultural Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Pechiparai- 629 161, India.
A field study was conducted to evaluate the crop maturity, productivity, quality and economic returns from banana cv. Rasthali in response to the split application of higher levels of nitrogen and Azospirillum. Application of Azospirillum along with 100g inorganic N (T7) produced higher yield (19.00kg/plant) of better quality fruits with the cost benefit ratio of 2.41 and recorded a minimum of 272 days to shoot. Similarly application of higher level of inorganic N ie., 200 g/plant in four split doses (T6) also increased the yield and quality of banana.
Banana, Nutrients, Quantitative traits, Qualitative traits
