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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2021, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : (367) Last page : (373)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8552

Study the Effect of Number of Suckers Per Hill on Chlorophyll Content and Light Intensity of Malbhog (AAB) Banana in Ratoon Crop

Rupshree Borah^1* , Dharindra Nath Hazarika¹, Ratna Kinkor Goswami² and Hemanga Das^1
1Department of Horticulture, ²Department of Crop Physiology,
B.N. College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Biswanath Chariali-784176, Assam, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: borahrupshree@gmail.com
Received: 7.01.2021 | Revised: 12.02.2021 | Accepted: 18.02.2021 

 ABSTRACT

An experiment was carried out at instructional cum experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, Biswanath College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Biswanath Chariali to “Study the effect of number of suckers per hill on chlorophyll content and light intensity of Malbhog (AAB) banana in ratoon crop”. The treatments were T1 (one sucker per hill), T2 (two suckers per hill), T3 (three suckers per hill), and T4 (four suckers per hill). There were two spacing - S1 (2.1 m x 2.1 m) and S2 (2.5 m x 2.5 m) for all the treatments. One treatment with recommended package of practices (control-retention of one sucker during shooting of mother plant) was also included in the experiment. Nine treatment combinations were laid out in RBD with three replications. The highest CCI value was recorded in T1 (one sucker per hill) at all the stages of observation i.e. 27.32 at vegetative stage, 37.65 at shooting and 55.10 at harvest. On the other hand, T4 (four suckers per hill) recorded the lowest CCI values at all the stages. The highest light intensity was recorded 31.67 lux in T1 (one sucker per hill) while T4 (four suckers per hill) recorded the lowest light intensity (20.0 lux). The plants under control exhibited the highest chlorophyll content index and light intensity as compared to the other treatments.

Keywords: Chlorophyll content, Light intensity, Ratoon crop, Yield, Desuckering.

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Cite this article: Borah, R., Hazarika, D. N., Goswami, R. K., & Das, H. (2021). Study the Effect of Number of Suckers per Hill on Chlorophyll Content and Light Intensity of Malbhog (AAB) Banana in Ratoon Crop, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 9(1), 367-373. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8552