Banana Question & Answer 
Banana One Liner Questions
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Botanical Name? | Musa paradisica |
| 2 | Other botanical Name? | 1.M. Covendishi2.M.sepiantum |
| 3 | Family? | Musaceae |
| 4 | Origin? | South East Asia (Aasam, indo berma china region) |
| 5 | Chromosome number? | 2n =22 |
| 6 | Climate? | Tropical, Hot and Humid. |
| 7 | Which fruit crop is herbaceous, monocotyledons and monocarpic? | Banana |
| 8 | Which is also known as Kalpataru (A plant of virtues), Adam’s fig, Tree of wisdom, Tree of Paradise, Apple of paradise? | Banana |
| 9 | Ideal temperature for good plant growth? | 20-30 (26.5)°C |
| 10 | Temperature above —-causes scorching effect with increased transpiration? | 36-38 °C |
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Fruit type?
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Beery |
| 12 | Edible part? | Starchy parenchyma |
| 13 | Ripe B.anana contain how many percentage sugar? | 27% |
| 14 | Which variety of B.anana only Glucose sugar is found? | Monthan |
| 15 | B.anana is? | Moisture loving plant. |
| 16 | Aroma is due to? | Amylester |
| 17 | Most of cultivated B.anana is ____in nature? | Triploid |
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| Question | Answer | |
| 18 | Which is a threat for successful B.anana production? | Strong wind |
| 19 | Banana is a which type fruit crop? | Calcifuge |
| 20 | Calorific value per 100gm? | 67-137 |
| 21 | Apart from sword sucker cut rhizomes called? | Bits and peepers |
| 22 | Commercially propagated by? | Sword suckers/corms. |
| 23 | Weight of sword sucker? | 500-750 g |
| 24 | In B.anana commonly found? | Vegetative parthenocarpy |
| 25 | Seedlessness of B.anana is controlled by spray of 2, 4-D@—? | 25 PPM. |
| 26 | Which planting method used in Gujrat and MH? | Furrow method |
| 27 | Which planting method used in TN? | Trench |
| 28 | Trench method is especially followed in? | Wetland system |
| 29 | CBRS: Central B.anana Research Station is located in? | TN (Adhuthurai) |
| 30 | B.anana improvement (hybridization ) work was started in the year in Tamil Nadu (CBRS)? | 1949 |
| 31 | Sigatoka leaf spot disease of Banana was first observed in which year? | 1913 |
| 32 |
Bunchy top of B.anana was first observed in —– in Fiji?
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1891 |
| 33 | Genetic classification of B.anana was given by? | Simmond & Shephard. |
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | In Tamil Nadu, B.anana is specially grown for? | Leaf production. |
| 2 | Which clones are grown under irrigated conditions? | AAB, AAA |
| 3 | Which clones are grown under rainfed conditions [like: Monthan, Kanthali, Kunnan]? | ABB |
| 4 | All AAA Clone are susceptible to? | Sigatoka leaf spot |
| 5 | Spacing for Poovan, Rasthali, Nendran and Robusta varieties in meter? | 2.1 x 2.1 |
| 6 | Spacing for Basari, Kulhan, Jawari varieties in meter? | 1.8 x 1.8 |
| 7 | For getting maximum yield a minimum of leaves —-are required to be retained on the mother plant? | 10-12 |
| 8 | Descuckering should be done once in how many days is common practice in B.anana cultivation? | 45 |
| 9 | Which is the largest producer of B.anana in the world? | India |
| 10 | Leading banana producing state in India? | Tamilnadu |
| 11 | B.anana is a rich source of dietary — used in nervous impulses and good source of energy? | Potassium(K) |
| 12 | Banana is staple food of? | South Africa. |
| 13 | For long distance transportation, harvesting is done at percentage of maturity? | 75-80% |
| 14 | Maturity is come how many days? | 90-150 days |
| 15 | Post harvest technology to delay ripening of B.anana are skin coating with? | waxol(12% wax emulsion) |
| 16 | Which is a Inflorescence of banana? | Spadix |
| 17 | Flower of banana? | Spike |
| 18 | Seedlessness of banana is due to? | Vegetative parthenocarpy |
| 19 | Diploid B.anana variety is? | Lady finger |
| 20 | Which treatment reduces duration of Banana fruits? | Salt water |
| 21 | The stem above the ground in banana is known as? | Pseudostem |
| 22 | The true stem remain under ground which is known as? | Rhizome |
| 23 | Botanically, Rhizome is modified form? | Stem. |
| 24 | How many times B.anana crop gives fruit in life? | Once time |
| 25 | The water requirement of B.anana crop is? | very high |
| 26 | Inflorescence having which types of flowers? | Female, hermaphrodite and male |
| 27 | Usually at the end of inflorescence which types of flowers are found? | Male flower |
| 28 | Which flowers are larger, with well developed ovary ( trilocular)? | Female |
| 29 | How many months after planting, inflorescence come in banana plant emerges? | 9-12 |
| 30 | How many months after inflorescence, harvesting come in B.anana plant ? | 3-4 |
| 31 | Flowering time? | June to July. |
| 32 | Fruiting time ? | Oct-Dec. |
| 33 | How many types Sucker are found? | Sword sucker & Water sucker. |
| 34 | The sword sucker(having narrow leaf blade) are vigorous, produce bigger and heavier bunches in —–months? | 11 |
| 35 | The water sucker bunches in more than —- months? | 15 |
| 36 | About —–cm height of sword sucker are planted? | 80-120cm |
| 37 | Planting time for Poovan, Rasthali, Monthan, Karapooravalli? | Feb to April. |
| 38 | Planting time for Nendran and Robusta? | April to May |
| 39 | Planting time for rainfaid condition? | After monsoon (sep) |
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Varieties
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| 2 | Which variety are preferred in multistory system? | Poovan & Ney poovan |
| 3 | Which is the source of today’s edible banana? | Musa acuminata |
| 4 | Which variety of Banana is susceptible to Panama wilt? | Gross Michel |
| 5 | Which variety of Banana is immune to Panama wilt? | Basarai |
| 6 | Which variety of Banana is resistant to Panama wilt? | Poovan |
| 7 | Which type flower of Banana are resistant to panama wilt disease but susceptible to bunchy top disease? | Male flower |
| 8 | Which is best variety for making chips? | Nendran |
| 9 | Leguminous vegetable, beetroot, elephant foot yam and sun hemp can be grown as? | Intercrops |
| 10 |
Which are should not be grown in Banana orchard?
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Brinjal, cucurbits |
| 11 | Brinjal, cucurbits should not be grown in Banana orchard because they attract? | Nematodes |
| 12 | Which variety is no need of propping? | Basrai |
| 13 | For the —– of banana is used low concentration of ethylene with 15-18 °C in controlled chamber? | Ripening |
| 14 | For the ripening of banana is used — is not good? | Acetylene |
| 15 | Banana fruits can be stored at 13 °C temperature &85-95% humidity for? | Three weeks. |
| Question | Answer | |
| 16 | Suckering, propping and mettocking are important cultural practices followed in? | Banana |
| 17 | Banana crop can be taken in slightly alkaline soil, such soils reduce incidence of which disease? | Wilt disease |
| 18 | which disease is reported to be severe in acid soils? | Wilt disease |
| 19 | Most serious disease of B.anana? | Bunchy top |
| 20 | Serious fungal disease of Banana? | Sigatoka leaf spot |
| 21 | Panama disease is prevented by application of __ in soil? | Lime |
| 22 | Which test is sued for Bunchy top virus detection? | Tetrazolium test |
| 23 | Infectious chlorosis in banana is caused by? | Virus |
| 24 | Banana cultivar are screened for virus by? | ELISA test |
| 25 | Bunchy top is also called as? | Cabbage top |
| 27 | Which disease is serious in high density planting (HDP)? | Finger tip |
| 28 | Banana disease which are transmitted by aphid? | Bunchy top & Kokkan disease |
| 29 |
Which is monophagus pest of banana?
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Rhizome weevil |
| 30 | Rhizome weevil? | Cosmopolitus sordisus. |
| 31 | Aphids? | Pentalonia nigronervosa |
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| Question | Answer | |
| Disease | ||
| 1 | Panama wilt is caused by? | Fusariunm oxysporium pv. cubensis. |
| 2 | Sigatoka leaf spot is caused by? | Cercospora musicola |
| Black sigatoka disease | Mycosphaerella fijiensis | |
| 3 | Bunchy top is caused by? | Viral |
| 4 | Moko disease is caused by? | Pseudomonas solanacearum |
| 5 | Moko disease is a? | bacterial disease |
| 6 | Kokkan disease is caused by? | Viral |
| Intercultural practices | ||
| 7 | Desuckering:- Removal of undesired suckers, known as desuckering. done once in 45 days of planting Two suckers are left per plant. |
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| 8 | Denavelling:-Removal of male bud after completion of the female phase is refereed as. | |
| 9 | Mulching:- Banana crop responds to mulching Mulching reduces cost of cultivation by reducing number of irrigation. |
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| 10 | Smudging is practice to increase temperature. | |
| 11 | Propping:- It is a method by which support is given to banana bearing plants with the help or bamboo cruteches (upper end is made like a fork). |
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| 12 |
Wrapping:-
It is covering of bunches with polythene or gunny cloth that protects the fruits from intense heat (cause sun-bun), hot wind etc. and improves the colour of the fruits.
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Earthing up:-
Earthing up is important particularly during rainy season This will prevent water lodging and also it will provide support to the base of the plant, due to this there are fair chances of formation of good root system. |
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| 14 | Which are abundantly available for mulching? | Sugarcane trash and banana trash |
| 15 | Mattocking:- The practice of removing banana pseudostem after harvesting of fruit. | |
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Mattocking: It is a process of removal of Pseudostem after the harvest of fruit bunches.
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