Banana is a heavy feeder crop and requires high quantity of nutrients which must be
supplied through fertilization to obtain optimum yield on sustainable basis. This study was …

Plantain is commonly grown in gardens and small farms where productivity usually declines
over time due to soil nutrient depletion. This soil fertility problem could be overcome if the …

Banana is an important source of food and income for millions of people in sub-Saharan
Africa and Uganda in particular. This makes it one of the most important food crops in the …

Phytotoxic effects of allelopathic crop residues are important to trickle for their use as a
source of organic amendments to improve soil fertility. In present study, through pots and two …

Standardization of optimum nutrient requirement in banana cv. Ney Poovan (AB) by
adopting target yield concept was evaluated for validation of fertilizer adjustment equations …

I am greatly indebted to my supervisors; Dr. Monicah Mucheru-Muna, Dr. Ezekiel Mugendi
Njeru Dr. and Job Kihara Maguta for the invaluable support and scientific guidance …

India is the largest producer of banana in the world. In India, banana contributes 32.60 per
cent of the total fruit production (NHB, 2013). Among the horticultural crops, banana …