AGRONOMIC BIO FORTIFICATION OF FRUIT THROUGH MICRONUTRIENT APPLICATION IN DRIP IRRIGATED BANANA

J.M. PATEL¹*, B.M. SOLIA², H.B. VAIDYA³, B.B. PATEL^4
1Soil and Water Management Research Unit, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, Gujarat, India
²Soil and Water Management Research Unit, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, Gujarat, India
³Soil and Water Management Research Unit, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, Gujarat, India
⁴Soil and Water Management Research Unit, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : jmp_swm@nau.in

Received : 15-07-2019     Accepted : 27-07-2019     Published : 30-07-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 14       Pages : 8815 - 8820
Int J Agr Sci 11.14 (2019):8815-8820

Keywords : Banana, Bio fortification, Micronutrients and Quality of banana
Academic Editor : Lokesh Gour, Imdad Ullah Zaid
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Soil and Water Management Research Unit, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

An experiment was conducted for three years during 2013-14 to 2015-16 on clay soil to investigate the effects of rate and frequency of micronutrients application on drip irrigated banana. There were three rates of micronutrients (M1: 25, M2: 50 and M3: 75 g plant-1) and two application frequency (S1: full dose at 10 days after planting (DAP) and S2: half dose at 10 DAP and half at 40 DAP) treatments laid out in factorial randomized block design with four replications along with two control plots. The banana growth, yield attributes and yield recorded were higher with 75 g plant-1 micronutrients mixture application in two equal splits. The combination M3S2 recorded higher 25.38 kg average bunch weight. There was improvement in quality parameters of banana fruit viz., TSS (20.82 0Bx), acidity (0.37%) and non-reducing (1.83%), reducing sugar (25.73%) under M3S2 combination.

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