Growth performance of tissue-cultured lakatan banana (Musa sapientum Linn) in response to bagging media
2018
Salvador, R.C. Sr
This study was conducted from July to September 2012 at Central Mindanao University [Philippines] to determine the growth performance of tissue-cultured-derived banana in response to bagging media. The experiment was laid out in a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with six treatments and four replications as T1= pure sawdust (SD) T2= pure coco coir dust (CCD) T3= pure vermicast (VC) T4= VC+ CCD+ SD (1:1:1) T5= VC+CCD+SD (1:1:3) T6= VC+CCD+SD (1:1:5), respectively and data were analyzed using ANOVA in CRD. Results revealed that growth of tissue cultured banana Lakatan seedlings in plant height, number of leaves, percent mortality and percent return on investment were significantly affected by different bagging media. Pure vermicast exhibits the highest plant height (40.92 cm) and the lowest plant height (10. 52 cm) of treatment 1 of pure sawdust. The number of leaves per plant had a highly significant difference. Pure vermicast had the highest number of leaves per plant (4.62) and the lowest (2.69) were showed in the treatment 2 with pure coco coir dust. The percent mortality showed a highly significant difference among treatment means, pure sawdust have the highest percent mortality (42.50%) followed by pure coco coir dust of 22.50%, pure vermicast and combination 1:1:5 ratio of VC+CCD+SD with 2.50% and 1:1:3 ratio combination of VC=CCD+SD have 5.00% mortality while 1:1:1 ratio of VC+CCD+SD combination showed the zero mortality within two months after planting of Lakatan banana tissue-cultured plantlet to bagging media. In percent return on investment 1:1:5 ratio combinations of VC+CCD+SD have the highest ROI of 44A7% while the lowest is at pure sawdust of negative 6.5%.
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