Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
P Rajarathinam, A Jayajasmine, R Swarnapriya and M Palanikumar

Abstract:
Field experiments were carried out with the objective of improve the fruit quality of banana cv. Matti at Kanniyakumari district during the year 2014 - 15, 2015 - 16 and 2016 - 17 at D Block of Horticultural Research Station Pechiparai. The treatments are spraying 1.5% Sop (T₁), spraying 0.5% KH₂ PO₄ + 1% urea + 20 ppm 2,4- D (T₂), spraying of GA at 25 ppm (T₃), Spraying of brassinosteroids at 1 ppm (T₄) and no spray (control) (T₅). Spraying stage: Once at when the last hand opens and second at 30 days after the first spray. Mode of spray: Spraying the entire foliage and bunches in the case of T₁ alone and only on bunches in the case of T_2, T₃ and T₄ treatments. The result reveals that spraying of 1.5% SOP once at when the last hand opens and second at 30 days after the first spray recorded significantly higher mean bunch weight (13.0 kg) and finger weight (39.7 g). The quality parameters viz., bunch appeal, flavour, TSS, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars and total sugars are also the highest in the same treatment.