Feed back from TNAU, NRCB and Farmers

Dear readers,

You are aware that this blog carries an exhaustive load of details regarding micro-nutrient deficiencies in Banana and their remedies.

On cross verification with other websites it was found that even the most trusted websites carry major flaws.

TNAU Agritech portal is no exception and the mistakes pointed out by this blogger was corrected in their website immediately (within 12 hours). 

The above discussed subject along with the disputed pictures were sent to National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy also for re-confirmation at their end. Fast came the reply to our surprise.

 'KUDOS' to TNAU and NRCB on behalf of farming community for their quick response.

Our letter and the response from both TNAU and NRCB is given here for record:

 

Dear Mr. Sankar,

Thanks for the mail and information,

We accept the link was a mistake and rectified immediately,

We will welcome constructive suggestion to improve on,

With kind and warm regards

N. Anandaraja,
Asst. Prof (AEX)

TNAU

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Vishnu Sankar <vishnusankar@ymail.com> wrote:

Respected sir,

I regret to note some major flaws in your Agritech portal in the link:

http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_fruits_banana.html.

In the above link, some pictures are published under the heading ‘Deficiency symptoms of Banana’.  These pictures are copied from NRCB website http://www.nrcb.res.in/soil.html.

1.    Mistake 1: The picture shown as P deficiency is actually S deficiency as per NRCB website link: http://www.nrcb.res.in/soil.html.

2.    Mistake 2: The picture shown as Mn deficiency is actually Mg deficiency as per NRCB website link: http://www.nrcb.res.in/soil.html.

3.    Mistake 3: The picture shown as S deficiency has two different pictures combined in to one picture. In actual, the upper picture shows Zn deficiency and the lower one depicts S deficiency as per NRCB http://www.nrcb.res.in/soil.html.

Please correct the mistakes immediately which might have occurred by oversight at your end.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
A.Vishnu Sankar

http://agrowmania.blogspot.com/

http://tcbanana.blogspot.com/

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Dr. E. Vadivel
Project Officer (e-Extension)
e-Extension Centre
Directorate of Extension Education
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore-641 003
Ph:   0422-6611383

Fax: 0422-6611521

e-Mail: portal@tnau.ac.in

The mail received from NRCB:

From

Dr.K.J.Jeyabaskaran, Senior Scientist (Soil Science),

National Research centre for Banana,

Tiruchirapalli - 620 102 (Tamil Nadu)

Dear Mr. Vishnu Sankar,

Please refer to your e-mail to directornrcb@gmail.com dt 7-11-2011. The photographs depicting nutrient deficiency symptoms found in our website, http://www.nrcb.res.in are from authentic source (from our experimental fields). They are CORRECT.

With regards,

Yours Sincerely,

K.J.JEYABASKARAN

Feed Back from our Beloved farmers:

Dear Sir,

I am _______, a banana farmer from Mysore. I'd like to express my sincere thanks to you for your very informative blog on TC banana. It helped me a lot in getting an excellent yield of 55kg avg. 

Attached some of the photos from my farm. 

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Enhancing bunch size of Banana through feeding N and K through distal end of rachis:

Dear reader,
 You are kindly requested to visit the link: "Banana Bunch Care and procedures to maximize the bunch size", which is a must read article that covers all aspects of bunch care and proven methods to increase the bunch size, before commence reading the following article. Thank you.

Maximizing banana bunch size by feeding  N and K through distal end of rachis:

There is considerable increase in bunch size in ‘Robusta’ and ‘Grande naine’ banana, when feeding the following mixture through the distal end of rachis soon after fruitset.  

Preparing the nutrient mixture:

• Ammonium Sulphate            -           15gm
• Sulphate of potash (SOP)    -           7.5gm
•  Fresh cow dung                    -           500gm blended in 100 ml of water.

(Cow urine can also be used instead of water. 500 gm of fresh cow dung contains substantial amounts of about 5.5gm of N, 3.5gm of K 1.6 gm of S besides other minerals and bio-chemicals).

Method of application:

v     Select bunches where the fruit set is complete and about 10 – 15 cm long rachis is available after the last hand. Avoid bunches where fruit set is incomplete or during partial deflowering time.

v     Remove male flower bud close to the rachis.

v     Take the already prepared nutrient slurry in a used milk bag.

v     Insert the slurry filled bag into the de-navelled stalk end of the bunch and tie it with a strong string.

 Benefits:

Ø      Bunch weight increased by 67% over control in which male flower bud was retained till harvest. In the field demonstrations, a response of 22 % to 28% increase in bunch weight was evident. Using ‘N-isotope label the movement of 51% of N into the bunch from AmSo₄ was confirmed.

     (Courtasy: ICAR News, Research update, Success story, April – June 2007).

For elaborate details on "Banana Bunch Care and procedures to maximize the bunch size" click this LINK.

(Readers are requested to visit this link: 'Effect of excessive application of chemicals  on bunch'  also before exiting this page).

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