Horticultural College & Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore 641 003
* Present Address: CPCRI, Kasaragod, Kudlu P.O., Kerala 671 124
** NRC for Banana, Trichy 620 017.
The investigation on the effect of planting density and spacing on growth and yield of banana cv. Nendran (AAB) revealed that the increase in planting densities significantly increased the pseudostem height and reduced the pseudostem girth. While total crop duration increased with higher plant population, the actual days to fruit maturity decreased. Decreasing trend of individual bunch weight with increase in plant population was evident. The longer crop life and lower individual bunch weight were compensated by the total yields, as there was 80.39% increase over control in the densest planting.
