International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 1
First page : (735) Last page : (743)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2535

Growth Regulators and Nutrient Application Reduces Fruit Drop and Improves Fruit Quality in Prunus salicina Lindl. cv. Kala Amritsari

Vinita Rajput* S. K. Sehrawat and S. K. Bhatia
Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana
*Corresponding Author E-mail: vinita_1307@rediffmail.com
Received: 31.01.2017  |  Revised: 11.02.2017   |  Accepted: 13.02.2017  

 ABSTRACT

The Japanese Plum is an important fruit crop grown in subtropical plain area of Punjab, Uttarakhand and Haryana. To observe the effect of growth regulator (NAA 10 ppm) and nutrient application (urea @ 2% and zinc sulphate @ 0.5%) the experiment was conducted at CCS HAU experimental orchards. Chemicals were sprayed in different combinations (T1=NAA, T2=NAA+ Urea, T3=NAA+ ZnSO4, T4=Urea and T5=NAA+ Urea + ZnSO4) at two different times (during mid-March and mid-April) for control of fruit drop and for sustaining good quality production. Observations for fruit yield, fruit drop and quality were recorded accordingly. It was found that T5 reduced fruit drop to minimum and improved the fruit quality as well, followed by T4 when compared with control. Among all treatments, combination of NAA and ZnSO4 performed better than others.

Key words: Japanese plum, Growth regulators, Fruit drop.

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Cite this article: Rajput, V., Sehrawat. S. K. and Bhatia, S.K., Growth Regulators and Nutrient Application Reduces Fruit Drop and Improves Fruit Quality in Prunus salicina Lindl. cv. Kala Amritsari, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(1): 735-743 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2535