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The present investigation was carried out at Banana Research Station, Nanded. "Studies on plant geometry and levels of potassium on growth, yield and quality of banana (Musa acuminata L.)", for two trial years. In the present experiment, there were four main treatments of plant density, viz. D1 (1.5 m x 1.2 m), D2 (1.5 m x 1.5 m), D3 (1.5 m x 1.8 m) and D4 (1.5 m x 2.1 m), three sub- treatment of potassium levels, viz. K1 (100 g K2 O/plant), K2 (200 g K2O/plant), K3 (300 g K2O/plant) and thus comprising twelve treatment combinations. From the results obtained in the present investigation, it can be revealed that the highest number of hands per bunch (7.73) was recorded in D2 1.5 m x 1.5 m (4,444 plants/ha), while the lowest number of hands per bunch (6.98) was recorded in density D1 1.5 m x 1.2 m (5,555 plants/ha), which was followed by D3 1.5 m x 1.8 m (3,703 plants/ha)(7.27) The effect of potassium given the higher number of hands per bunch (7.46) in the treatment K2 (200 g K2O/plant) with the lower number of hands per bunch (7.25) by treatment K1 (7.25) which was at par with K3 (300 g K2O/plant). The interaction effect of plant density and potassium levels given the highest number of hands bunch (8.00) by the treatment D2K2 (1.5 m x 1.5 mm spacing a 200 g K2O/plant) followed by D3K3 (1.5 m x 1.8 mm spacing at 300 g K2O/plant), while the lower number of hands per bunch was recorded (6.93) in treatment D1K2 (1.5 m x 1.2 m at 200 g K2O/plant), which significantly at par with D1K3 (1.5 m x 1.2 m at 300 g K2O/plant)(7.00) D1K1 (1.5 m x 1.2 m at 100 g K2O/plant) (7.00) at a time and D3K1 (1.5 m x 1.8 mm at 100 g K2O/plant) and followed by D3K3 (1.5 m x 1.8 mm at 300 g K2O/plant) (7.20).