New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts

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Comparison of open-field and protected cultivation of banana (Musa spp. AAA) in the coastal area of Turkey

H. Gubbuk
M. Pekmezci

Department of Horticulture
Faculty of Agriculture
Akdeniz University
07059 Antalya, Turkey
email: gubbuk@akdeniz.edu.tr

Abstract   This study was conducted to determine the yield and quality of ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ banana (Musa spp. AAA), cultivated in open fields and also in protected (plastic greenhouse) cultivation. The site is located in the central south coastal region (altitude 50 m, latitude 36°33´N) of Turkey. In both cultivation systems we determined the following: pseudostem circumference, pseudostem height, total leaf number, bunch stalk circumference, days from shooting to harvest, number of hands, number of fingers, finger circumference, finger length, and bunch weight. Protected cultivation was found to be better than open-field cultivation in terms of total production, expressed as the number of hands and fingers per bunch and bunch weight. Average annual yield under plastic greenhouse was 53% higher than in the open field (65.5 t/ha compared with 42.8 t/ha).

Keywords   banana; cultivation systems; yield parameters

H04013; Online publication date 11 November 2004 Received 2 February 2004; accepted 2 August 2004
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2004, Vol. 32: 375-378
0014-0671/04/3204-0375 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004

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