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Management of Secondary Nutrients in Acid Soils and its Effect on Quality of Banana cv. Ney Poovan

Author: Nivvethapriya G., Shivakumar B.S., Nagaraja M.S., Chaitanya H.S. and Ganapathi M.

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted in farmer’s field at Aldur village, Mudigere taluk, Chikkamagalur district during the year 2021-2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design, comprising eleven treatments with three replications. Observations were recorded on various post- harvest and biochemical parameters. Maximum green life (5.60 days), shelf life (10.46 days), fruit weight at ripe stage (80.74 g), pulp weight (70.39 g), peel weight (10.35 g), pulp to peel ratio (6.80), firmness(1.56 lbs), TSS (27.73ºBrix), reducing sugars (17.51 %), non-reducing sugars (3.31 %), total sugars (20.82%) and sugar to acid ratio (79.08) were recorded in T9 - RDF + 500g of Mixture -1 (Agricultural lime: Dolomite: Gypsum - 1:1:1) with minimum titratable acidity (0.26 %). The present findings are feasible in acid soils of Karnataka for profitable production of banana.

Keywords

Banana, Ney Poovan, Secondary nutrients, Biochemical and Postharvest

Conclusion

The application of lime based fertilizers are considered to be an beneficial approach for the amelioration of acidic soils of Western Ghats of Karnataka. The use of RDF combined with 500g of Mixture -1 (Agricultural lime: Dolomite: Gypsum – 1:1:1) -T9 proved to be best for improving biochemical parameters along with applicable post- harvest parameters in banana. Among this, it is observed that various biochemical parameters like TSS, titratable acidity, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars, total sugar and sugar to acid ratio were found to be best with better appearance and firmness and this proved to promising for fetching fruits with good quality in banana cv. Ney Poovan in acid soils under hill zone of Karnataka.

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How to cite this article

Nivvethapriya G., Shivakumar B.S., Nagaraja M.S., Chaitanya H.S. and Ganapathi M. (2022). Management of Secondary Nutrients in Acid Soils and its Effect on Quality of Banana cv. Ney Poovan. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(4): 789-793.