COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SOME BANANA CULTIVARS UNDER THE EGYPTIAN CONDITIONS

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Hort. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

2 Agric. Bot. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

Abstract

This study was carried out to improve Banana crop growth and productivity by
planting cultivars that may be tolerant to banana diseases with high productivity and quality. Three
imported cultivars (Zeef, Grand Nine, and Canary) were planted in private orchard in El Salhya
District, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt in two consecutive seasons of 2016 and 2017. The results of this
work indicated that Zeef and Grand Nine were significantly higher in growth parameters such as
plants length and number of functional leaves than Canary. Similar results were noticed in
productivity parameters where Zeef plants and Grand Nine were significantly higher than Canary such
as total yield, bunch weight, bunch length, finger length and diameter, while no clear differences were
found in quality components. Also the second season 2017 (the first sucker) was higher than the first
one (Mother) in the three cultivars in all parameters. Also Zeef plants and Grand Nine recorded the
highest value for each of antioxidants enzymes, soluble sugars and proline, this reflects that defense
system in both cultivars was stronger than Canary cultivar, so they were more tolerant to diseases than
Canary plants. Therefore the general evaluation showed that Zeef and Grand Nine banana cultivars are
considered promising cultivars for the Egyptian conditions with high productivity and quality and
tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses.

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Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research
Volume 45, Issue 6
November 2018
Pages 2319-2330

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