In the present investigation an attempt has been made to study the effect of high density planting on growth and yield of banana (cv. Bantal, culinary type & cv. Grand Naine, dessert type) in coastal plain zone of Odisha. | 2020 9 11 152-160 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 11 2020 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Evaluating Efficacy of High Density Planting in Banana under Coastal Plain Zone of Odisha Saudamini Swain1 Bipin Pradhan1 and Prakash Patil2 1 All India Coordinated Research Project on fruits ICAR Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Bhubaneswar-751003 India 2 IIHR Hessarghat Bengaluru India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords In the present investigation an attempt has been made to study the effect of high density planting on growth and yield of banana cv. Bantal culinary type amp cv. Grand Naine High density dessert type in coastal plain zone of Odisha. The investigation was conducted taking six planting Banana treatments 2 varieties and 3 spacings 2 m x 3 m with 3 suckers pit m x m with 3 Growth and Bunch suckers pit m x m with 1 sucker pit in a randomised block design with four yield replications during the year 2014-15 2015-16 and 2016-17. Observations were recorded on growth parameters and bunch yield. Pooled data over three years indicated that all high Article Info density planting treatments had higher pseudo-stem height than the control. The plant girth decreased with increase in number of q per hill. Number of leaves plant increased in all the Accepted high density planting HDP treatments. All the HDP treatments recorded reduced bunch 04 October 2020 weight and hands per bunch but higher yield. Pooled analysis revealed that planting of 3 Available Online 10 November 2020 suckers per pit at 2 m 3 m spacing recorded the highest yield for both the cultivars under coastal plain zone of Odisha. Introduction digest free from fat and cholesterol. Banana plants also provide useful by-products such Banana Musa spp. is the 2nd most important as fiber vegetables beer wine and .
