Study of Propagation Methods and Spacings on Quality Parameters and Yield of Banana Var. Basrai

Field experiment was conducted in 1999-2000 at CRS farm Dr. PDKV, Akola. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with four treatment replicated four times. It was observed that tissue culture developed plants had given good quality fruits, with significantly more non-reducing sugar and total sugar content as compared to sucker grown plants of banana. However, the chlorophyll, calcium and ascorbic acid content of banana fruit were not significantly affected by method of propagation. Similarly, spacing had no significant effect on quality of fruits.