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Effects of Water Supply during Floral Initiation and Differentiation on Female Flower Production by Robusta Bananas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

G. D. Holder  and
F. A. Gumbs
G. D. Holder
Affiliation:
Winban Research Station, Roseau, St Lucia and Department of Soil Science, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies
F. A. Gumbs
Affiliation:
Winban Research Station, Roseau, St Lucia and Department of Soil Science, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies
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Summary

A continuous non-limiting soil water supply, or a non-limiting supply from 120 to 180 days after planting, significantly increased (P = 0.01) female flower production of banana cv Robusta compared with continuous soil water stress. Relieving stress after 120 days produced a significantly higher (P = 0.05) average number of female flowers per inflorescence than when adequate water was supplied throughout. Female flower production is positively correlated with the average growth rates at floral initiation and early floral differentiation and with the final pseudostem girth.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 183 - 193
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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