Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Pavani K, Srinivasulu B, Madhumathi C, Sivarama Krishna VNP, Padmaja VV and Sireesha Y

Abstract:
Banana (Musa spp.) is one among the most important world’s tropical fruit plants and a member of the Musaceae family. It is the popular fruit grown within the country with high energy, dietary quality, affordability and year-spherical availability instead of other seasonal fruits. An experiment was laid out at COH, Anantharajupeta with different phytohormones (P₁: Methyl Jasmonate @ 1.5M, P₂: Methyl Jasmonate @ 1 M, P₃: Salicylic acid @ 200 ppm, P₄: Salicylic acid @ 100 ppm, P₅: Homobrassinolide @ 3 ppm and P₆: Homobrassinolide @ 2 ppm) and micronutrients (M₁: Zinc sulphate @ 0.5%, M₂: Ferrous sulphate @ 0.2%, M₃: Borax @ 0.3%) to check their effect on growth attributes of tissue culture Banana. Results revealed that the treatment combination Homobrassinolide @ 3 ppm + Ferrous sulphate @ 0.2% (P₅M₂) recorded the highest in leaf length (98.55, 98.15 and 98.354 cm), leaf width (48.15, 48.24 and 48.19 cm), number of leaves (22.77, 22.30 and 22.54) and leaf area (37.96, 37.88 and 37.92m²) at 90, 150 and 210 days after planting in Banana cv. Grand Naine.