Effect of plant growth regulators on growth, yield and fruit quality of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) under protected conditions
| Autor: | J. S. Chandel, Yash Thakur, Pramod Verma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Plant growth General Immunology and Microbiology Fruit weight Vegetative reproduction Fragaria x ananassa Biology 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Fruit set 03 medical and health sciences Horticulture 030104 developmental biology Yield (wine) General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Completely randomized design Water spray 010606 plant biology & botany General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 9:1676-1681 |
| ISSN: | 2231-5209 0974-9411 |
| DOI: | 10.31018/jans.v9i3.1420 |
| Popis: | A field trial was conducted during 2015 and 2016, to study the effect ofgrowth regulators on growth, flowering, yield and fruit quality of strawberry cv. Chandler. The experiment was laid out in completely randomized design with 16 treatments viz.CPPU at 1, 2 and 4 ppm, GA3 at 25, 50 and 75 ppm, Promalin at 2, 4 and 6 ppm, GA4+7 at 5, 10 and15 ppm, NAA at 10, 20 and 30 ppm and control (water spray) and each treatment was replicated thrice. The results revealed that the plants sprayed with 15 ppm GA4+7 two weeks before flowering significantly reported highest plant height (33.43 cm), leaf area (239.70 cm2), number of flowers (31.94), fruit set (87.45 %), number of fruits per plant (29.02), yield (540.01 g/plant), fruit length (53.63 mm) and fruit diameter (37.19 mm) and fruit weight (23.70 g) as compared to control. This treatment resulted in 196.36 % increase in yield and 56.22 %in fruit weight over control. Plants sprayed with 6 ppm promalin also showed significant improvement in vegetative growth, fruit size, yield and fruit quality, which resulted in 137.92 % increase in yield and 51.81 % increase in fruit weight over control. Hence, it is concluded that foliar spray of 15 ppm GA4+7 applied 2 weeks before flowering is beneficial in improving growth, yield and fruit quality of strawberry plants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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