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Effect of Water Soluble Nutrients on quality of Banana cv. Grand Naine under Hill Zone of Karnataka

Author: Deepa Gunasagar, Yallesh Kumar H.S., Sridhar R., Ravikumar D. and Suchitra Kumari M.H.

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Abstract

A field experiment was carried out in farmer’s field at Anajooru village, Mudigere taluk, Chikkamagaluru district during the year 2021-2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with ten treatments, which were replicated thrice. Among the treatments, T9- Sulphate of Potash (1%) + Calcium Nitrate (0.3%) + Magnesium Sulphate (0.2%) + Borax (0.2%) recorded maximum green life (11.23 days), shelf life (10.85 days), fruit weight (178.36 g), pulp weight (135.24 g), peel weight (43.12 g), pulp to peel ratio (3.14), TSS (23.91°Brix), reducing sugars (15.75 %), non-reducing sugars (2.98 %), total sugars (18.73 %),sugar to acid ratio (69.37) with minimum titratable acidity (0.27 %) and physiological loss in weight (11.24 %). The present findings can be commercially used in making banana production more profitable by the application of sulphate of potash, secondary nutrients and boron under hill zone of Karnataka.

Keywords

Banana, Grand Naine, Sulphate of potash (SOP), Secondary nutrients and Quality

Conclusion

The plants treated with foliar spray of water soluble nutrients on quality and post harvest parameters of banana cv. Grand Naine under hill zone of Karnataka. The treatment T9 foliar spray of Sulphate of Potash (1%) + Calcium Nitrate (0.3%) + Magnesium Sulphate (0.2%) + Borax (0.2%) proved to be best. The treatment T9 had influenced fruit postharvest parameters and biochemical parameters of banana and there by helps farmers to get enhanced benefit-cost ratio in banana cv. Grand Naine under hill zone of Karnataka.

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Deepa Gunasagar, Yallesh Kumar H.S., Sridhar R., Ravikumar D. and Suchitra Kumari M.H. (2022). Effect of Water Soluble Nutrients on quality of Banana cv. Grand Naine under Hill Zone of Karnataka. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(4): 798-802.