Effedct of Water Soluble Fertilizers and Micrinutrients of Banana Musa paradisiaca L Productivity

Abstract

The present investigations on the topic entitled, Effect of Water Soluble Fertilizers and newlineMicronutrients on Banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) Productivity was carried out in the farmers newlinefield at Pardi (M.) Tq. Ardhapur, Dist. Nanded, Maharashtra state during two seasons (2015-16 newlineand 2016-17). For this experiment with 10 treatments such as M1 S0 50 % RDF through WSF newline(12:61:00, 13:0:45 and Urea) without micronutrients, M1 S1 50 % RDF through WSF (12:61:00, newline13:0:45 and Urea) with micronutrients, M2 S0 75 % RDF through WSF (12:61:00, 13:0:45 and newlineUrea) without micronutrients, M2 S1 75 % RDF through WSF (12:61:00, 13:0:45 and Urea) with newlinemicronutrients, M3 S0 50% RDF through WSF (Urea, Orthophosphoric acid and White potash) newlinewithout micronutrients, M3 S1 50% RDF through WSF (Urea, Orthophosphoric acid and White newlinepotash) with micronutrients, M4 S0 75% RDF through WSF (Urea, Orthophosphoric acid and newlineWhite potash) without micronutrients, M4 S1 75% RDF through WSF (Urea, Orthophosphoric newlineacid and White potash) with micronutrients, M5 S0 100 % RDF through soil application (Urea, newlineSSP and MOP) without micronutrients and M5 S1 100 % RDF through soil application (Urea, newlineSSP and MOP) with micronutrients were carried out. newlineThe growth in terms of number of leaves per plant, pseudostem height and diameter newlinemacronutrient and micronutrient content of leaves during growing period of the test cultivar was newlinegreatly influenced by the application of water soluble fertilizers and micronutrients. The newlineapplication of all the treatments was found to be stimulatory for the growth of the test cultivar. newlineThe M2 treatment with micronutrients was found to be the superior treatment than the other newlinetreatments. newlineThe fruit characters in terms of initiation of flowers, finger length, finger diameter, fruit firmness newlineand period of fruit maturity were found to be greatly influenced by the application of dose of newlinewater soluble fertilizers through drip fertigation. The test cultivar under the fertilizer treatments newlinefound to be showed early flowering as compared to the floweri