Indian Horticulture Journal
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on Fruit Set and Yield of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. Bhagwa

  • Author:
  • Vidya V Anawal, P Narayanaswamy1, Suresh D Ekabote2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 171 to 174

1Director of Research, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India

2Department of Horticulture Crop Protection, College of Horticulture, Hiriyur, Karnataka, India

Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Mudigere, Karnataka, India

*e-mail: vidyahorti106@gmail.com

Online published on 8 May, 2017.

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during 2014–15 at Hiriyur, Chitradurga district to study the response of various plant growth regulators at different concentrations namely, NAA (40, 50, 60 ppm) and GA3 (40, 50, 60 ppm) on fruit set and yield of pomegranate cv. Bhagwa. The results indicated that NAA 40 ppm was found effective in increasing number of fruits per tree (62.44), fruit length (8.66 cm), fruit diameter (8.71 cm), fruit weight (262.23 g), fruit volume (255.44 ml), TSS (16.76°B), total sugars (15.58%), reducing sugars (13.83%), non-reducing sugars(1.75%) against control.

Keywords

Punica granatum L, Pomegranate, PGRs, Fruit set, Yield