Performance Studies of Different Cultivars of Tissue Culture Raised Banana under Jalgaon Condition

摘要

Banana {Musa spp.) production in Jalgaon is confined to the 'Cavendish' cultivar. The introduction of a range of high yielding and disease resistant cooking and dessert cultivars in Jalgaon could play a potential role in raising incomes of millions ofsmall scale farmers. At the research farm of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., the trials were established. The objectives of this study were (i) to evaluate the general performance of the different cultivars grown in south India and the hybrids and (ii) toanalyze acceptability of the cultivars. The FHIA (Fundacion Hondurena de Investigacion Agricola) hybrids performed relatively well as compared to the 'Cavendish' and other south Indian group of cultivars. Although 'FHIA 23' was the most vigorous, this cultivar took the longest time to produce a bunch. The selection, 'Mahalaxmi' produced the large bunch but it was still lower than that of 'Grande naine' the local check used in the trials. The 'Grande naine' emerged as the best cultivars in terms of postharvest quality and acceptability. In spite of better yields of 'FHIA 23', the hybrid could not pass through acceptability test. Less than 30% of the participants indicated their preference for 'FHIA 01', or 'FHIA23'.