Effect of Organic Manures and Inorganic Fertilizer on the Fruit Quality of Banana

Author: Jaiz Isfaqure Rahman, D.N. Hazarika, Bikash Borah and Dhiraj Bhattacharjee

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Abstract

There is a growing awareness about health and quality food in today’s society. The Total soluble solid, sugar content, acidity determine the degree of acceptability. A field experiment was conducted during 2016-2017 at Instructional cum Experimental Farm, Biswanath College of Agriculture, AAU, Biswanath Chariali. The effects of organic manures and inorganic fertilizer was considered on the fruit quality parameters of banana cv. Amritsagar (AAA). The investigation consist of 5 treatments with 5 replication laid on RBD. The treatments were as follows T1: FYM (Farm Yard Manure) + Microbial Consortia, T2: Enriched Compost, T3: Vermicompost, T4: Microbial Consortia, T0: RDF (FYM + NPK). The experiment revealed that qualitative characters such as TSS (Total soluble solid), titratable acidity, reducing sugar, non reducing sugar and total sugar were found highest in organic treatment than the inorganic treated plants. In the organics, T1 recorded the highest TSS (25.72°Brix) and lowest in T

Keywords

Enriched Compost, Farm Yard Manure, Microbial Consortia, Total soluble solid, Titratable acidity, Total sugar, Vermicompost