Influence of Different Rates of Urea Fertilizer on Growth, Yield and Yield Components of Banana (Musa AAA) Cavendish CV.Grand Nain under Kassala State Conditions, Sudan

Ebtihal H. M.  Hamid; Eltayeb Mohamed  Abdalgader; Ahmed B. A.  Khalifa; Shaker Babiker  Ahmed; Abdelhamed M.  Magboul

doi:10.52981/fajas.v7i1.3535

Ebtihal H. M. Hamid Kassala and Gash Research Station, Kassala, Kassala State, Sudan.
Eltayeb Mohamed Abdalgader Kassala and Gash Research Station, Kassala, Kassala State, Sudan.
Ahmed B. A. Khalifa Kassala and Gash Research Station, Kassala, Kassala State, Sudan.
Shaker Babiker Ahmed Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
Abdelhamed M. Magboul Agricultural Research Corporation, Wad Medani, Gizera State, Sudan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52981/fajas.v7i1.3535

Keywords: Nitrogen application, Pseudo stem, Yield, and Banana

Abstract

An experiment was established in a private farm in Alqurashi village near Atbara River, Aroma locality, Kassala State, Sudan. Where tissue cultured banana suckers cv. “Grand Nain”, (3 months old) were transplanted in the field on the first of October 2021, at a spacing of 3×3 meter (1111 mother plants/ha). Six doses of urea viz: 0, 300, 600, 900, 1200 and 1500 g/urea/mat/year were applied in two equal doses in December and June. The six treatments were replicated 3 times in a randomized complete block design (RCBD), and each plot included 4 plants. The results revealed that the application of 900, 1200, and 1500g/mat/year showed a highly significant increase in growth parameters, crop duration (days), yield, and yield components compared with the control. The highest value of marginal rate of return was recorded when adding 300g/mat/year of banana.