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.