Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth and Yield Parameters in Cape-Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.)

Cape-gooseberry is an important minor fruit crop but its cultivation is restricted to a limited area in our country and to a negligible area in Bihar. This is due to lack of information on production technology and required growth regulators. Present in- vestigation was formulated to enhance morphol...

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Published inEnvironment and ecology Vol. 35; no. 2; p. 1546
Main Authors Kumar, Banshidhar Mohan, Das, Ajay Kumar, Prasad, Birendra, Singh, R S, Alam, Izhar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kalyani MKK Publications 01.04.2017
Subjects
2,4-D
Cultivation
Fruit cultivation
Fruits
Gibberellic acid
Growth regulators
Leaves
Organic chemistry
Parameters
Plant growth
Sprayers
Spraying
Sprays
Weight
Yield
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Summary:Cape-gooseberry is an important minor fruit crop but its cultivation is restricted to a limited area in our country and to a negligible area in Bihar. This is due to lack of information on production technology and required growth regulators. Present in- vestigation was formulated to enhance morphological and yield attributing traits. For this, three plant growth-regulators namely 2, 4-D (5, 10 and 15 ppm), gibberellic acid (10, 20 and 30 ppm) and NAA (10, 20 and 30 ppm) were used. Three sprays were done with these growth regulators at fortnight intervals. It was concluded that GA3 30 ppm was best chemical for increasing height of the plant. The yield parameters like number of fruit per plant, yield per plant, yield per hectare, weight of fruit and size of the fruit was found maximum by spraying the GA3 30 ppm. Other vegetative characters like number of branches per plant, spread of the plant and number of leaves per plant were maximum by spraying of 2, 4-D of 15 ppm.
ISSN:0970-0420