Studies on vegetative characterization of some elite Banana Genotypes (Musa spp.)

Abstract

An experiment entitled “Studies on vegetative characterization of some elite Banana Genotypes (Musa spp.)” was carried out at the field of the AICRP on Fruits (Banana), at Horticultural Research Station, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar during the year 2017-18. The experiment comprised of five (05) treatments replicated four times and was laid out in a Randomized block design. The 5 varieties of banana viz., BRS selection Popoulu (AAB), Nendran (AAB) as check, Manjari Nendran, NRCB Selection-10 (ABB) and Budubale(ABB) as check. The standard recommended packages of practices were followed in each treatment comprising of 20 plants. Observations in respect to vegetative characters of banana were analysed statistically and the result indicated that among all the genotypes studied, NRCB Selection-10 proved its superiority in terms of pseudostem girth, number of leaves, leaf area and number of suckers. The above genotype also has the least pseudostem height. The traits to earliness in shooting and harvest were more in BRS Selection Popoulu which makes it par with NRCB Selection-10 with respect to bunch weight and yield.