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KERALA
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Technologies
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Banana
A plant density of 1.2 m x 1.5 m x 2.0 m (4762 plants/ha) was found optimum for banana variety Nendran.
Palayamkodan has been adjudged as the most suitable cultivar of banana for intercropping in coconut gardens.
From fertilizer trials on Palayamkodan grown under rainfed conditions in coconut gardens, a dose of 100 g N and 200 g K2O5 per plant is recommended.
Weed management recommendations involving herbicides were formulated and recommended
Captafol 0.3% spray/ replaced with spray of 0.1% Bavistin or a mixture of 0.1% Bavistin and 0.05% Calixin is recommended for the control of Sigatoka disease.
Spraying Bavistin (0.1%) or alternate spray of Calixin (0.05%), Bavistin (0.1%) or Dithane-M 45 (0.2%) or a mixture of 0.05% Calixin and 0.1% Bavistin soon after the appearance of initial symptoms of the disease was found to be effective in controlling leaf spot disease of banana.
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