Assessment of time of planting in banana in context to climate change

A field experiment on time of planting of banana was carried out at Banana Research Station, Jalgaon, Maharashtra during period 2011–2015 to find out planting time and to identify the suitable month of planting banana in context to climate change. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design comprising six treatments of bimonthly planting of banana tissue culture plants in the month of June (T₁), August (T₂), October (T₃), December (T₄), February (T₅) and April (T₆). Each treatment was replicated four times. The December planting recorded highest yield (93.5 MT/ha) with 95 per cent plant harvest. The harvest index was maximum (98.70%) under February planting.