Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
RS Wankhade, YD Charjan, VN Patil, Sonali Wankhade, RK Patil and HH Dikey

Abstract:
The present investigation conducted during the year 2020-21 at Agriculture Research Station, Achalpur under Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, (M.S.), India to investigate the effect of bunch trimming on banana yield and quality. The experiment included five different retention of hands treatments was replicated four times in RBD viz. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 hands immediately after the last hand opened. Non-significant effect found in height of plant, girth of stem and total number of leaves in banana. Maximum length of fruit (20.25 cm), girth of fruit (13.95 cm), fruit weight (170.50 g) and pulp weight (115.00 g) recorded significantly in retention of 6 hands per bunch. Whereas, significantly the maximum number of fruits/bunch (152.00), bunch weight (23.83 kg) and yield (105.79 t/ha) was noticed in banana by retention of 10 hands per bunch. Maximum net return with excellent export quality standard and B:C ratio observed in retention of 9 hands per bunch.