Effect of Green Manuring, Jeevamrut and Ghan-jeevamrut on Growth, Yield, Quality and Economics of Banana cv. Grand Naine

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted during the year 2023-24 and 2024-25 at Horticulture farm, College of Horticulture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with seven treatments and three replications. The treatment consists of single, double and triple green manuring of dhaincha and sunhemp with Ghanjeevamrut applied as a basal dose per pit as per treatment 160, 240 and 320 g/plant, Jeevamrut 160, 240 and 320 ml/plant were applied to the plant in every 21 days interval. The higher value of fruit yield (90.73 t/ha), number of fingers per hand (17.51), weight of finger (161.01 gram), ascorbic acid (4.53 mg/100 g pulp) were recorded significantly with triple green manuring by dhaincha + ghanjeevamrut 160 g/plant + soil application of jeevamrut 160 ml/plant at sowing & every 21 days interval and the highest plant height (194.81 cm) and net realization (514186 Rs/ha) with benefit cost ratio (1.91) were significantly found with RDF [FYM: 10 kg/plant, NPK: 300:100:200 g/plant/year]. While minimum days required for shooting was found non-significant result.