Plant Growth and Root Development of Tissue-Cultured "Willium Hybrid" Banana Plantlets in Different Potting Mixtures

Gyan K. Shrestha
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal

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ABSTRACT

Tissue-cultured “William Hybrid” banana plants were planted in the perforated polythene bags filled with different composition of potting mixtures at various proportion of soil, farm yard manure (FYM) and wood ash. Plant survival, plant height, leaf size and root number was significantly affected by the treatments imposed, but the leaf number was not. Potting mixtures devoid of FYM or of soil had lower growth of banana including root number as compared to those with various ratios of both the soil and FYM. In some treatments, addition of ash helped to increase plant height and root number slightly; however, at absence of soil in the mixture plant stand, leaf area and number of roots decreased considerably. This suggest that organic manure must be present in the soil from 25 to 75% of the media for planting tissue-cultured banana plantlets.

Published Year
1998

Volume
Volume 2

Issue
Issue 1