1Department of Fruit Science, ACHF, NAU, Navsari-396 450, Gujarat, India
2Department of Post Harvest Technology, ACHF, NAU, Navsari-396 450, Gujarat, India
3Department of Horticulture, NMCA, NAU, Navsari-396 450, Gujarat, India
*email: ashish239190@yahoo.in
Online published on 9 December, 2016.
A field experiment was conducted during 2013–14 on foliar application of nutrients and Thiourea to determine their effect on yield and quality of mango fruits cv. Kesar at NAU, Navsari. The experiment consist nine treatments of foliar application of nutrients viz., KNO3 at 0.5% and 1.0%, 00: 52: 34 at 2.0%, 10: 52: 17 at 2.0% in mid October followed by spray of Thiourea at 0.5% and 1.0% in mid November along with control. Foliar application of 1.0% KNO3 in mid October followed by 0.5% Thiourea in mid November induced early flowering and early maturity of fruit. It also increased the number of fruits per tree, yield per tree and improves quality parameters like TSS, ascorbic acid content and shelf life but no significant difference found in fruit weight of Kesar mango.
Mango, Kesar, KNO3, Thiourea, Fruit
