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Banana, Critical stages, Weed competition
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of the most critical stage of weed competition in banana. The treatments consisted of different weeding schedules as well as an unweeded control. It was found that early vegetative phase of growth of banana especially up to 3rd/6th months after planting (MAP) and bunch development stages are the critical stages of banana at which yield is affected. Cost benefit ratio indicated that frequent weeding, during first three MAP as well as during 6 to 9 MAP is less economic compared to other treatments