The effects of compost prepared from waste material of banana on the growth, yield and quality properties of banana plants
Doran, I.; Sen, B.; Kaya, Zülküf.
Journal of Environmental Biology 26(1): 7-12
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8704 PMID: 16114455 Document Number: 591359
A study was conducted to determine the possibility of using removed shoots and plant parts of banana [Musa] after fruit harvest as a compost. Three doses (15, 30 and 45 kg plant-1) of the compost prepared from the clone of Dwarf cavendish banana were compared with farmyard manure (50 kg plant-1), mineral fertilizers (180 g N + 150 g P + 335 g K plant-1), and farmyard manure + mineral fertilizers (25 kg FM + 180 g N + 150 g P + 335 g K plant-1) which determined positive effects on the growth, yield and fruit quality characteristics of banana plants. The banana plants were grown under a heated glasshouse of the Alata Horticultural Research Institute in Turkey, and in a soil with physical and chemical properties suitable for banana growing. The N, P, K and Mg content of the compost and farmyard manure were found to be similar. Farmyard manure, farmyard manure+mineral fertilizers, and 45 kg plant-1 of compost increased the growth, yield and fruit quality characteristics. According to obtained results, 45 kg plant-1 of compost was determined more suitable in terms of economical production and organic farming than the other fertilizer types.