Population density study on cooking banana cv. Cardaba (Musa balbisiana)
1995
Pascua, O.C. | Loquias, V.L.
Results showed that the vegetative and reproductive plant characters were influenced by plant spacing. Plants at 3 x 3 and 4 x 4 m were observed to be taller, have smaller pseudostem diameter compared to those planted at either 5 x 5 or 6 x 6 m. Bunch weight yield likewise showed similar response where the lighter bunches came from the closer spacing and the heavier bunches from the wide spacing. Other observations revealed that no pest was noted to infest the plants during the course of the study. However, incidence of bunchy-top bugtok, black cross and bract mosaic was noted. Infection of bugtok occured at the 3 x 3 and 4 x 4 m distancing with the bunchy-top infecting plants from all treatments. Bract mosaic was confined to the 3 x 3 m distancing. The profitability of the treatments were evaluated using the marginal rate of return (MRR) expressed in percentage, indicated that the 4 x 4 m spacing was the most profitable. The MRR obtained was 113.20 percent
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