2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 8

author(s)
Nilesh S Kalukhe, Sujata V Dhutraj, Aditi A Deshmukh and Baslingappa M Kalalbandi

abstract
The experiment on “ Analytical Studies on different bunch covering materials in banana Cv. Grand Naine was conducted at the Banana Research Station, Nanded during 2021-2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with eight treatments and three replication viz., T₁-Bunch Cover with blue polyethylene bag, T₂-Bunch cover with white Non-woven polypropylene bag, T₃-Bunch cover with, transparent polythene bag, T₄-Bunch cover with brown paper bag T₅-Bunch cover with black cloth bag T₆-Bunch cover with dry leaves, T₇-Bunch cover with gunny bag and T₈-Control. The treatment white non-woven polypropylene bag T₂ was most effective in finger characteristics and bunch characteristics among all treatments. Significantly maximum finger length (19.18 cm), maximum circumference of banana finger (12.60 cm) and weight of finger (125.29 g). The yield parameters maximum weight of bunch (23.79 kg) and banana yield per hectare (105.72 Mt/ha) was recorded by the treatment T₂ i.e white Non-woven polypropylene bag while minimum weight of bunch (19.96 kg) and yield per hectare (88.70 Mt/ha) was recorded in treatment T₈ i.e Control.