2023 Volume 46 Pages 63-79
The field Experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Centre, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Burirhat Rangpur, during the period of February 2020 to May 2020 to investigate the macro propagation of banana cv.‘Malbhog’ as influenced by different growing media and different concentrations of Benzyl Amino Purine (BAP). The treatments included different media, namely: M0: Control-Soil, M1: Rice husk, M2: Saw dust, M3: Cocodust, and four levels of BAP: S0: Control-0ml/L, S1: 20mg/L, S2: 30mg/L, and S3: 40mg/L concentrations. The results indicated that the days of first sucker emergence and the highest values of vegetative growth including the number of suckers, suckers height, number of leaves, sucker collar diameter (cm), number of roots and roots length were most influenced by the treatment of M3 (Cocodust) and S3(40 mg/L) of BAP. The combined applications of M3S3 produced the best result for the first time sucker emergence, number of sucker, sucker height and other vegetative growth and development. Therefore, it can be concluded that the combination of Cocodust as the growing media and a BAP concentration of 40 mg/L is suitable for the successful macro propagation of banana cv.‘Malbhog’.
