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Volume 12 (Special-I) : 846-848 (2017) Meerut (U.P.) INDIA

EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON SURVIVABILITY OF BANANA

(MUSA PARADISIACA) CV. RED BANANA
Mingnam Ch. Marak, J.P. Collis, Francis Dutta and Ashok Kumar Meena
Department of Horticulture, SHIATS, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT
The field experiment was conducted to study the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizer on establishment growth &
development of Banana (Musa paradisica) cv. Red Banana, Experiment consisted of 10 treatments with 3 replications
laid in RBD. The treatments included Organic fertilizer Vermicompost 10 kg Per Plant, Farm yard manure (FYM) 10 kg
Per plant, Neem Cake 4 kg Per Plant and inorganic 150 g N, 50 g P2O5 and 300 g K2O as a Recommended dose of
fertilizer (RDF). The results of six month experimentation revealed that the banana establishment growth & survival
percentage shows that the integration of organic and inorganic fertilizer was more effective than the inorganic fertilizers
alone. Among the various combinations was 50 percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers +15.2 kg FYM + 3kg
Vermicompost +1.0 kg Neem cake was found to be the best overall treatments in respect of survival percentage
(89.07%) which may be due to easy breakdown of available nutrients in organic and inorganic sources and easy uptake
by the roots.
Key words : Cake, FYM, Neem, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, survivability, vermicompost.

Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the important fruit crop of the
tropics. The fruits are rich source of carbohydrate and
energy. The consumption pattern of banana is increasing
day by day due to its nutritional value and high economic
return. Higher productivity in banana is possible through
quality planting material, proper nutritional management
and other cultural practices. The major banana growing
states in India are Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and
West Bengal. It is mainly produced in tropical and
sub-tropical regions of the world. Banana owing to its large
size and rapid growth rate require relatively large amount
of nutrients for higher yield of quality fruits.
Banana is the fruit of a plant of the
genus Musa (family Musaceae), which is cultivated
primarily for food and secondarily for the production of
fibre used in the textile industry and are also cultivated for
ornamental purposes. Almost all the modern edible
parthenocarpic bananas come from the two wild species
– Musa acuminate x Musa balbisiana. The scientific
names of bananas are Musa acuminata, Musa
balbisiana or hybrids of Musa acuminata and
balbisiana, depending on their genomic constitution.
Bananas are vigorously growing, monocotyledonous
herbaceous plants. The banana is not a tree but a high
herb that can attain up to 15 meters of height. The
cultivars vary greatly in plant height and fruit size, plant
morphology, fruit quality and disease and insect
resistance. Most bananas have a sweet flavor when ripe;
exceptions to this are cooking bananas and plantains.
Plantains are hybrid bananas in which the male flowering
axis is either degenerated, lacking, or possess relicts of
male flowers. Plantains are always cooked before
consumption and are higher in starch than bananas. The
two groups of plantains, French and Horn, produce fewer
fruit per plant than sweet bananas. The groups differ in
whether the male parts of the inflorescence are present or
absent. Organic and inorganic fertilizer management in
banana are being practiced and experimented in various
parts of our country. Bhalerao et al. (2009) observed that
combined application of 100% recommended dose of
NPK along with organic manures increased the growth
and also yield attributes. Similar trend was also reported
by Hazarika and Ansari (2010a) Badgujar et al. (2010) in
banana.
It was found that early vegetative phase of growth of
banana especially up to 3rd / 6th month after transplanting
and bunch development stage are the critical stages of
banana at which yield in affected. Prameela (2010).
Grand Naine is a popular variety grown mostly in many
place Singh and Chundawat (2002). Combined
application of 100% recommended dose of fertilizer
(RDF) along with FYM at 10kg per plant and phosphate
solubilizing bacteria (PSB) and azospirillum each at 25 g
per plant increased pseudostem height, girth, required
minimum days to flower, crop duration and yield attributes
Bhalerao et al., (2009).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The present investigation was carried out at central field;
Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of
Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, during
the period October to April in the year 2014-2015. The
different treatment manipulated as follows : T0-100
percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers (control),T1-100
percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers+10kg
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Table-1 : Effect of different treatment of organic and inorganic fertilizer on Survival percentage of banana.

Treatments Survival
percentage
T0 100 percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers (control) 55.86
T1 100 percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers + 10kg FYM 66.92
T2 75 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers + 25 kg FYM 73.99
T3 75 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers + 6 kg Vermicompost 80.53
T4 75 Percent RDF through inorganic + 1.5 kg Neem cake fertilizers 78.12
T5 50 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers + 25 kg FYM + 3 Kg Vermicompost 76.31
T6 50 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers + 25 kg FYM +1.5 kg Neem cake 81.64
T7 50 percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers +15.2 kg FYM + 3kg Vermicompost +1.0 kg Neem cake 89.07
T8 25 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers +25 kg FYM +3 kg Vermi compost +1.5 kg Neem cake 82.27
T9 100 percent RDF through organic fertilizers (FYM, Vermicompost, Neem cake) 84.81
F-test S
S. Ed. (±) 0.139
C. D. (P = 0.05) 0.286

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50

40

30

20

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T0 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9

T re a tm e n ts

Effect of different treatment of organic and inorganic fertilizer on Survival percentage of banana.

FYM,T2-75 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers + 25 to 100 percent were measured and applied in 3 splits at
kg FYM, T3-75 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers+ the time of 1st, 2nd and 3th month according to the
6 kg Vermicompost, T4-75 Percent RDF through inorganic treatment.
+ 1.5 kg Neem cake fertilizers, T5-50 Percent RDF through
inorganic fertilizers + 25 kg FYM + 3 Kg Vermicompost,T6- Observation : The technique of representative sample
50 Percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers + 25 kg FYM was adopted for recording the observation on survivabilty
+1.5 kg Neem cake, T7-50 percent RDF through inorganic of banana plants. The following observations were
fertilizers +15.2 kg FYM + 3kg Vermicompost + 1.0 kg recorded at various successive growth stages.
Neem cake, T8-25 Percent RDF through inorganic Survivability (%) : On the basis of visual observation
fertilizers + 25 kg FYM +3 kg Vermi compost + 1.5 kg survival performance of banana plants were calculated
Neem cake and T9-100 percent RDF through organic after 150 days of planting.
fertilizers (FYM, Vermicompost, Neem cake).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The treatments were arranged in a randomized
During the present investigation, observation on various
block design with ten treatments in three replications.
plant characteristics were recorded to evaluate the “Effect
Plants were spaced at 1.5m apart in each direction.
of organic and inorganic fertilizer on establishment
Recommended dose of organics and inorganic from 10%
growth& development of Banana (Musa paradisica) cv.
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Red Banana” The tabulated data was statistically
analyzed with the view to find out the significant effect of
different factors which are presented in the appendix.
The maximum Number of survival percentage
(89.07) was recorded in treatment T7 (50 percent RDF
through inorganic fertilizers +15.2 kg FYM + 3kg
Vermicompost +1.0 kg Neem cake) followed by T9 (100
percent RDF through organic fertilizers (FYM,
Vermicompost, Neem cake) (84.81). Minimum survival
percentage (55.86) was recorded in treatment T0
(control). It improved survivability due to increasing
activity of microbes in soil and improvement of soil health.
Organic fertilizers (FYM, vermicompost) also enhance
plant survivability via improving soil structure, root
biomass therefore metabolic activities also influence due
to availability of food for microbes in organic content rich
soil. Balance use of fertilizers (RDF-recommended dose
of fertilizers) enhance plant growth and development so
that plant will survive easily and plants will be healthy.
Data presented in Table-1 and depicted Fig. 4.1 in
respect of survival percentage (%). The maximum
Number of survival percentage (89.07) was recorded in
treatment T7 (50 percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers
+15.2 kg FYM + 3kg Vermicompost +1.0 kg Neem cake)
followed by T9 (100 percent RDF through organic
fertilizers (FYM, Vermicompost, Neem cake) (84.81).
Minimum survival percentage (55.86) was recorded in
treatment T0 (control).
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the present investigation that
treatment T7 50 percent RDF through inorganic fertilizers
+15.2 kg FYM + 3kg Vermicompost +1.0 kg Neem cake
improve survival percentage (89.07%.) Showed high
mean performance. Further experimentation is suggested
to confirm the consistency of results.
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