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Effect of Removal of Male Bud (NAVEL)on Development.Maturity and Yield of Robusta Banana

Volume : 62
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 26 - 28
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Abstract


Studies were undertaken on the effect of removal of male bud immediately.10days,20days and 30days after the end of the female phase on fruit development in banana cultivar'Robusta'The removal of male bud at any stage did not influence the duration of the bunch.The bunch weight was slightly less in all the male bud pruned plants.Pruning the male bud registered a slight increase in length and girth of fruits when the male bud was removed soon after the female phase.

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26 - 28
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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