Effect of plant growth regulators on yield andeconomic feasibility of 'Nagpur Mandarin'(Citrus reticulata Blanco.)
Keywords:
NAA, GA, Triacontanol,, yield and economic feasibilityAbstract
An investigation was carried out at Fruit Research Farm, Department of Fruit Science at College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar during July, 2012 to April, 2013 to study the individual effect of plant growth regulators on yield and economic feasibility of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco.). The physical characters of fruit like maximum increase in diameter (horizontal and vertical), weight, volume and number of sacs per fruit was recorded with the spray of 100 ppm GA , which was closely followed by 30 ppm 2,4-D. The maximum 3 number of fruit per tree, fruit retention per cent, yield per plant and per hectare and economic feasibility was recorded with the spray of 30 ppm 2,4-D which was significantly higher to control.
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