Nutrient cycling from the Musa mother plant at various physiological stages to suckers as affected by spacing and sucker retention using tracer techniques

Sajan Kurien; Paickattumana Suresh Kumar; Nerukavil Varieth Kamalam; Pallacken Abdul Wahid

doi:10.1051/fruits:2002013

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Volume 57 / No 3 (May-June 2002)

Fruits, 57 3 (2002) 143-151

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Issue		Fruits Volume 57, Number 3, May-June 2002


Page(s)		143 - 151
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits:2002013
Published online		15 June 2002

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[2] Teisson C., Translocation to a banana plant of mineral elements absorbed by one of its suckers, Fruits 25 (1970) 451-454. [Google Scholar]

[3] Kurien S., Anil B.K., Kumar S.P., Wahid P.A., Kamalam N.V., Nutrient studies in banana using ³²P, Musa News, Infomusa 8 (1) (1999) 35-36. [Google Scholar]

[4] Rajeevan P.K., Root activity pattern in banana var. Nenndran under rainfed and irrigated conditions, thesis, Kerala Agric. Univ., Trichur, India, 1985. [Google Scholar]

[5] Anonymous, Package of practices recommendation, Kerala Agric. Univ. (KAU), Trichur, India, 1997. [Google Scholar]

[6] Koshy M., Flower bud differentiation in banana, thesis, Coll. Agric., Kerala Agric. Univ., Vellayani, India, 1989. [Google Scholar]

[7] Kurien S., Annual report of the ICAR ad hoc project on intermat, intramat and crop competitions in banana using tracer techniques, ICAR, Thrissur, India, 1995. [Google Scholar]

[8] Panse V.G., Sukhatme P.V., Statistical methods for agricultural workers, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India, 1978. [Google Scholar]

[9] Attiwill P.M., Leeper G.W., Forest soils and nutrient cycle, Melbourne Univ. Press, Melbourne, Australia, 1987. [Google Scholar]

[10] Attiwill P.M., Nutrient cycling in Eucalyptus obliqua (L'Herit.) forest. IV. Nutrient uptake and nutrient return, Aust. J. Bot. 28 (1980) 199-222. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[11] Attiwill P.M., Nutrient cycling in Eucalyptus obliqua (L'Herit.) forest. III. Growth, biomass and net primary production, Aust. J. Bot. 27 (1979) 439-458. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[12] Miller H.G.. Forest fertilisation: some guiding concepts, Forestry 54 (1981) 157-167. [Google Scholar]

[13] Turner D.W., Barkus B., Loss of mineral nutrients from the banana pseudostems after harvest, Trop. Agric. (Trinidad) 50 (1973) 229-234. [Google Scholar]

[14] Balakrishnan R., Studies on the growth, development, sucker production and nutrient uptake at ploidy levels in banana (Musa spp.), thesis, T.N.A.U., Coimbatore, India, 1980. [Google Scholar]

[15] Mohan N.K., Roa V.N.M., Studies on the rate of exudation (³²P) in banana, J. Res. 3 (1985) 31-33. [Google Scholar]