Practice Name:

Ripening of Banana

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Banana
Crop Family	Musaceae
Scientific Name	(Musa paradisica)
Vernacular Name	Kela
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	A big earthen vessel, paddy straw, a small earthen pot and burning coal.
Details Of Innovation	Banana is harvested in a fully mature stage. The farmer fills the fruits in a big earthen vessel with paddy straw. Then he covers the mouth of the earthen vessel with another small earthen pot. Burning coal is placed on the earthen pot. The heat thus produced leads to uniform and early ripening of bananas.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Chennappa Gowder
District	Raichur
KVK District	Krishi Vignana Kendra , University of Agricultural Sciences Campus , Raichur -584 102.
Address	Raichur, Karnataka
Languages Spoken	Kannada
Vocation	Farming
State	Karnataka
PIN Code	584101

PAS 1	"5 Genius Ways to Quickly Ripen Bananas."https://spoonuniversity.com/how-to/ripen-bananas-quick
PAS 2	"Most climacteric fruits in India are ripened with industrial grade calcium carbide. Industrial-grade calcium carbide usually contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus, and, thus, use of this chemical for this purpose is illegal in most countries." http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/fruit_ripening.pdf (Dated: 14/5/2020)
Agro Ecological Zone	Deccan Plateau , Hot Semi arid ecosubregion (6.1,6.2),Southern plateau and hill region (X),North Eastern Dry Zone (KA-2, KA-3)
Other Community Practices	"Induced Ripening Agents and Their Effect on Fruit Quality of Banana."https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijfs/2019/2520179/
Practice ID	KNW0010000001129
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/26
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY