Vol. 9, Special Issue 4, Part C (2025)

The field experiment entitled, “Effect of magnesium on growth, yield, soil properties and nutrient uptake by banana” was conducted at Banana Research Station (MPKV), Jalgaon during mrug bag season 2023-24 with an objective to study the effect of magnesium on soil properties and nutrient uptake by banana Cv. Grand naine. Treatments were composed of T₁: GRDF (150:60:150 g N:P₂O₅:K₂O +10 kg FYM per plant), T₂: GRDF + 10 g plant^-1 Magnesium Sulphate, T_3: GRDF + 20 g plant^-1 Magnesium Sulphate, T_4: GRDF + 30 g plant^-1 Magnesium Sulphate, T₅: GRDF +40 g plant^-1 Magnesium Sulphate, T_6: GRDF +50 g plant^-1 Magnesium Sulphate. The differences among soil pH and electrical conductivity at harvest of banana were statistically not significant. Significantly higher soil available N (198 kg ha^-1), soil available P (18.9 kg ha^-1) and soil available K (658 kg ha^-1) were recorded in control treatment of GRDF (T₁), however, significantly higher exchangeable Mg in soil [16.59 cmol(p+) kg^-1] was recorded in the treatment of GRDF + 50 g plant^-1 MgSO₄ (T₆) at harvest of banana. The treatment of GRDF + 30 g plant^-1 MgSO₄ (T₄) recorded significantly higher nitrogen uptake (611 kg ha^-1), phosphorus uptake (109.91 kg ha^-1) and potassium uptake (1196 kg ha^-1), however, treatment of GRDF + 50 g plant^-1 MgSO₄ (T₆) recorded significantly higher magnesium uptake (123.1 kg ha^-1) by banana.