Asian Journal of Plant Sciences1682-39741812-5697Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/ajps.2003.963.967Halderirmal Kumar KabirA.H.M. Fazlul SarkerJalal Uddin SultanaDeeder IslamZahurul 122003213Field studies were conducted in brown hill soils of Hill Tracts Agricultural Research Station of Ramgarh, Khagrachari hill district to find out optimum dose of nitrogen and suitable cultivar for maximizing yield of banana in hilly region. There were four levels of nitrogen (0, 100, 200 and 300 g N Plant-1) and three banana cultivars (Amritsagar, Kabri and Champa) in the study. The growth and yield of banana were significantly increased with the increase of N levels. The maximum number of fingers, number of hands bunch-1 and highest weight of bunch and total fruit yield were recorded in 300 g N plant-1 in both the years of 1996-97 and 1997-98 respectively. While untreated plants (0g N Plant-1 ) failed to produce optimum fruit yield. In interaction effect, Champa exhibited best performance when nitrogen was applied @ 300 g N Plant-1 followed by Kabri (Bangla) and Amritsagar in both the years. It was revealed from the correlation study that nitrogen had a strong positive correlation with the yield contributing characters of banana except days to flowering and to harvest.]]>Agrawal, S.S., D. Pandey and G.V. Prasad,1998in vitro developed banana cv. robusta under the high status of nitrogen and potassium.]]>46333334Ahmad, K., M.A. Matin and M.A. Quasem,1973118Chattopadhyay, P.K., N.C. Haider, S.C. Maiti and. T.K. Bose,19801980pp: 109112Dawood, D.H., A.A. Salih and L.A. Ali,199928991Hasan, M.A., C.P. Suresh, S. Bhattacharya, P.K. Chattopadhyay and S. Bhattacharya,199917560562Hossain, M.I. and M.A. Hoque,198813247257Jambulingum, A.R., N. Ramaswamy and C.R. Muthukrishnon,1975pp: 6pp: 6Joubert, F.J., W.M. Leeuwen and D.L. Ferreira,19977811Khader, J.B.M., K. Chelappan, O.A. Alagiapilli and P.K. Chuttopadhyaya,19851985pp: 124-161pp: 124-161Koen, T.,19764644Lahab, E.,19721972pp: 124-161pp: 124-161Manica, I., B.V. Defelipo, A.R. Condie, J. Line and I.C. Passas,1978197825549553Manson, R.D.,1985pp: 550pp: 550Martinez, E., A. Sanchez, C. Colmenareas and E. Casanova,199714183192Pawar, V.P., D.K. Kathmale, Z.V. Deshmukh and T.A. More,199722166168Russo, V.M.,19963111241126Shailendra, S.D. Pandey, G.V. Prasad and S. Agrawal,1997in vitro banana under the high status of nitrogen and potassium.]]>45265266Simmonds, N.W.,19662nd Edn.,Singh, D.B. and M.A. Suryana,19991122124Srinavas, K.,199774262264Tirkey, T., S.D. Pandey and G. L. Sharma,1998in vitro raised banana.]]>466567