Nutrient flows from harvested banana pseudostems

dc.creator	Wortmann, Charles S.
dc.creator	Karamura, E.B.
dc.creator	Gold, C.
dc.date	1994
dc.date	2018-09-14T07:37:48Z
dc.date	2018-09-14T07:37:48Z
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-27T15:51:04Z
dc.description	Management of harvested (senescent) banana pseudostems has implications for efficiency of nutrient use for sole cropped as well as intercropped bananas. Two studies were conducted on aspects of nutrient flows from senescent pseudostems. Sixty one and 55% of the initial N and P, respectively, in standing senescent pseudostems were determined to be translocated to attached growing pseudostems at six weeks after harvest. Lesser proportions of the initial K, S, Fe, Zn, Cu and B were translocated; translocation of Ca, Mg and Mn was negligible. Over 50% and 70% of the initial N, K and Mg were released from the mulch of cut and shredded pseudostems by six and nine weeks after harvest, respectively. Other nutrients were released more slowly from the mulch.
dc.identifier	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97401
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/115339
dc.language	en
dc.language	fr
dc.rights	Limited Access
dc.source	Wortmann, C., Karamura, E. & Gold, C. (1994). Nutrient flows from harvested banana pseudostems. African Crop Science Journal, 2(2), 179-182.
dc.subject	bananas
dc.subject	nutrients
dc.subject	harvesting
dc.subject	soil
dc.title	Nutrient flows from harvested banana pseudostems
dc.type	Journal Article

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