Effect of selection time of suckers on the cycle and production of mother plants of banana (Musa acuminata) cv. mysore in Porto Lucena, RS

Authors

  • Ivo Manica
  • Ruy I. N. Carvalho
  • Henrique Kist
  • Gilmar F. Vione
  • Carlos I. N. Barradas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1995.v30.4367

Keywords:

planting, “trunk” girth, flowering, picking time, number of leaves, hands/brunch

Abstract

This work was carried out at the Centro de Pesquisa e Extensão em Fruticultura Tropical (CEPEX), in Porto Lucena, RS, aiming to evaluate the effects of selection time of suckers on the production and cycle of mother plants of banana cv. Mysore. The experiment was set up in September 1987, using a randomized block design with five treatments and three replicates. The evaluated treatment was the selection of suckers by four, five, six, seven and eight months after planting the mother plant. Average "trunk" girth by bloom and picking time were of 50.6 cm and 48.3 cm and the mean number of leaves was of 10.9 and 6.7, respectively. Evaluated plants had an average cycle of 449.21 days from planting to bloom and 183.87 days from bloom to picking, which makes 633.08 days from planting to picking. The mean number of hands/bunch was about 10.28 and that of fruits/bunch was about 146.38. The average weight of bunches was of 8.8 kg, corresponding to a production of 14.64 tonnes/ha. There was no effect of treatments on any of the evaluated variables.

Published

1995-06-01

How to Cite

Manica, I., Carvalho, R. I. N., Kist, H., Vione, G. F., & Barradas, C. I. N. (1995). Effect of selection time of suckers on the cycle and production of mother plants of banana (<i>Musa acuminata</i>) cv. mysore in Porto Lucena, RS. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 30(6), 825–829. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1995.v30.4367

Issue

Section

POMOLOGY