International Journal of Farm Sciences

A field study was conducted with experiment laid out in randomized block design having 11 treatments and three replications. The treatments consisted of recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) and GRDF ie RDF combined with different bio-fertilizers to know their effects on growth and yield of banana cv Grand Naine. The plant growth characters viz pseudo-stem height, girth and number of leaves per plant were influenced significantly due to different treatments. The yield contributing parameters viz number of hands per bunch, fingers per bunch and bunch weight per plant also differed significantly due to different treatments. It was observed that the application of 75 per cent recommended dose of nitrogen along with recommended dose of phosphorus and potassium through chemical fertilizer with 10 kg FYM + 25 g Acetobactor + 25 g phosphate solubilizing bacteria per plant proved superior over other treatments in respect of improvement in plant growth and yield attributes and highest monetory return mainly due to saving of 25 per cent nitrogen.