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Studies on the effects of application of different foliar fertilizer materials, crop residue and inter cropping on Banana plants

Abstract

Five separate experiments were conducted at university of Khartoum demonstration farm during 1993 to 1995 under both orchard and nursery conditions to evaluate the effect of foliar application of different fertilizers, use of crop residue and intercropping on banana (dwarf cavendish). In the first experiment, the effects of foliar application of different concentrations of potassium solution (38%) were studied. The results indicated that application of all concentrations resulted in greater increases in overall growth parameters, higher leaf-N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cu contents, higher values of yield and yield components , finger length of both plant crop and the first ratoon crop and reduction of time from planting to flowering and from flowering to harvesting of both plant crop and the first crop compared to the control. In the second experiment, the effects of three different foliar fertilizers, namely, compound cryst, fetrilon comb-2 and x-garden were investigated. The results revealed that all fertilizers gave greater values of all growth parameters, higher leaf-N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cu contents, higher values of yield and yield components , finger length of both plant crop and the first ratoon crop and reduction of time from  More>>
Authors:
Hassan, Yusuf Munim [1] 
  1. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Khartoum (Sudan)
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1996
Product Type:
Miscellaneous
Report Number:
INIS-SD-078
Reference Number:
SCA: 400101; PA: AIX-30:050959; SN: 99002165060
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: 82 refs. , 23 tabs. , 46figs.; TH: Thesis (M.Sc); PBD: 1996
Subject:
40 CHEMISTRY; ALFALFA; BANANA PLANTS; CROPS; ELEMENTS; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; LEAVES; NUMERICAL DATA; NUTRIENTS; SEEDLINGS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
OSTI ID:
703870
Research Organizations:
University of Khartoum, Khartoum(Sudan)
Country of Origin:
Sudan
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE99638994; TRN: SD9900042050959
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE99638994
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
200 p.
Announcement Date:
Dec 17, 1999

Citation Formats

Hassan, Yusuf Munim. Studies on the effects of application of different foliar fertilizer materials, crop residue and inter cropping on Banana plants. Sudan: N. p., 1996. Web.
Hassan, Yusuf Munim. Studies on the effects of application of different foliar fertilizer materials, crop residue and inter cropping on Banana plants. Sudan.
Hassan, Yusuf Munim. 1996. "Studies on the effects of application of different foliar fertilizer materials, crop residue and inter cropping on Banana plants." Sudan.
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title = {Studies on the effects of application of different foliar fertilizer materials, crop residue and inter cropping on Banana plants}
author = {Hassan, Yusuf Munim}
abstractNote = {Five separate experiments were conducted at university of Khartoum demonstration farm during 1993 to 1995 under both orchard and nursery conditions to evaluate the effect of foliar application of different fertilizers, use of crop residue and intercropping on banana (dwarf cavendish). In the first experiment, the effects of foliar application of different concentrations of potassium solution (38%) were studied. The results indicated that application of all concentrations resulted in greater increases in overall growth parameters, higher leaf-N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cu contents, higher values of yield and yield components , finger length of both plant crop and the first ratoon crop and reduction of time from planting to flowering and from flowering to harvesting of both plant crop and the first crop compared to the control. In the second experiment, the effects of three different foliar fertilizers, namely, compound cryst, fetrilon comb-2 and x-garden were investigated. The results revealed that all fertilizers gave greater values of all growth parameters, higher leaf-N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cu contents, higher values of yield and yield components , finger length of both plant crop and the first ratoon crop and reduction of time from planting to flowering and from flowering to harvesting of both plant crop and the first crop compared to the control. In the third experiment, the effect of four different fertilizer materials containing different combinations of NPK on growth parameters and nutrient elements contents of leaves of banana suckers grown under nursery conditions was evaluated. The results revealed that all fertilizer materials gave greater increases of growth parameters over the control as well as higher leaf-N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cu contents. In the fourth experiment, the effect of different concentrations of N{sub 19}, P{sub 19}, K{sub 19} fertilizers on growth characteristics and nutrient elements contents of leaves of banana suckers was studied. The results revealed that foliar application of all concentration gave greater increases in growth parameters and higher elements contents of leaves compared to the control. In the fifth experiment, the effect of intercropping and application of crop residue on growth parameters and nutrients elements contents of leaves of banana suckers grown under nursery conditions was investigated. The results showed that application of both lubia and alfaalfa powder resulted in greater values of overall growth parameters than the application of their seedlings as crop residue. On the other hand application of both powder and seedlings gave higher leaf-N, K, Ca, Mn, Zn and Cu contents compared to the control.(Author) 82 refs. , 23 tabs. , 46figs.}
place = {Sudan}
year = {1996}
month = {Dec}
}