Indian Journal of Plant Physiology
  • Year: 1992
  • Volume: 35o
  • Issue: 4

Paraquat, an Efficient Antitranspirant

  • Author:
  • S. Sarma, S.C. Dey
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 371 to 376

Department of Crop Physiology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

Abstract

A pot culture experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of paraquat as an antitranspirant in rice (cv. IR-50). Paraquat at 50 ppm cone, was found to be optimum, beyond which phytotoxic symptoms appeared in the leaf.