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PINEAPPLE AND CAVENDISH BANANAS NEED NITROGEN for :

PINEAPPLE
1. Growth, leaf color
2. Fruit weight, number of fruitlet, fruit diameter
3. Sucker production
4. Brix (Total Soluble Solid), acidity and flavor

BANANA
1. Growth, leaves number, girth
2. Bunch weight
3. Number of combs / bunches
4. Sucker production
5. Length, diameter and weight of fruit
6. Starch, flavor, acidity, brix (TSS) content
Impact of Over Nitrogen Fertilization :

PINEAPPLE
1. High nitrate content
2. Fruit diseases (Dickeya, marbling, etc.)
3. Plant disease (Dickeya sp, heart rot)
4. % Flowering and yield (tons/ha)
5. Decreased brix/acid and shelf life, translucency increased
6. N Losses: leaching, evaporation, pollution
7. Soil Acidification

BANANA
8. Scorching of leaves
9. Broken bunches stalk
10. Decreased brix, brix / acid ratio and flavor
11. Leaf disease
12. N Losses: leaching, evaporation, pollution
13. Soil Acidification
 INTEGRATED NITROGEN NUTRITION MANAGEMENT
Goals : High Productivity, Quality, Sustainability, Profitability, Through Optimum Fertilization

Application of best
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practice fertilization Clone Improvement Innovation of
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Program 05 Organic based
Material

Land and Water Innovation of Fertilizer

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Management
04 Application and its
Monitoring
 01 APPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICE FERTILIZATION

• Mature organic matter (compost)

• Option to use Urea / ZA / DAP / Slow release Based on soil, leaf analysis, aerial
fertilizer photographic results, and site
• Use of urease inhibitors conditions (irrigation, drainage, pest and
• Mixing with other fertilizers plant
diseases).
Right material (source N)
Right dose

Right way of application Right Time

• How to dissolve and mix
• Foliar spray: do at night and morning only
• Soil application: Row / banded / Tugal /
• Appropriate fertilizing schedule and
planting hole
• recommendations
Foliar application: Compatibility, Uniformity, Nozzle
type, Blanket or spot spray
• Pay attention to water flow and drainage channels
• Fertigation: ???

Manual Fertilizer Foliar application : blanket spray Forcing application at night

 02 LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT

Goals :
Soil Sustainability

To minimize NO3- NH4- pollutant in the water

To minimize soil deterioration

Action :
a) Crop rotation program
b) Land design (unconnected
ditch facility, based on digital
surface model (DSM) map
c) Site Spesific soil tillage in
term of time/weather and
soil condition

rotation with cassava plants

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DSM (Digital Surface Model) is
used for making maps of :
water flow direction, water“
logging potensial, and countour
 03 CLONE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Goals :
Increase the efficiency of fertilizer use

Root health / anchorage/ mass / depth

Pineapple Root Banana Root

a) Alumunium tolerant variety of pineapple
b) Water stress tolerant variety of pineapple
c) Not floating clone in banana

Shorter cycle
Higher harvest index (fruit per plant weight
ratio) clone of pineapple
 FERTILIZATION INDEX
(kg/ton)
Nitrogen (kg/ton) NPKMg
(kg/ton)

24.2
10.2

NPKMg (kg/ton)
Nitrogen (kg/ton)

6.9 15.9

2013 2020
2013 2020
Year
Year
 INNOVATION OF FERTILIZER APPLICATION
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AND ITS MONITORING

Proper application of Boom/Martignani spraying

GPS tracking of application pattern

NDVI mapping for nitrogen effectiveness

Proper application of Boom/Martignani spraying
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Through avenza maps we can do GPS
tracking as well as find out the
application pattern and monitor the
speed of boom and martignani
spraying
GPS TRACKING by AVENZA MAPS

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Analysis of CVI
(Chlorofil Vegetation Index)

Through CVI maps we can find

out the distribution of Chlorofil
Vegetation Index spatially so that
it can be used for implementing
site specific fertilization
Analysis of NDVI
(Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index)

Through NDVI maps we can find

out the distribution of plant
weight spatially so that it can be
used for production planning and
plant improvement specifically
 05 INNOVATION OF ORGANIC BASED MATERIAL

Goals :
To conserve soil health for sustainable farming

Action :
Produce premium compost (Enrichment of
compost production using beneficial microbes)

Product Innovation of bio fertilizer to

reduce/complimentary/subtitute chemical nitrogen
fertilizer, Induced Systemic Resistance to Plant
Disease, Drought, and to Accelerate Plant Growth
 “If you want to make small changes, change the way you do things;
if you want to make major changes, change the way you SEE things.”

Don Campbell

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