Effect of calcium nitrate and salicylic acid sprays at flowering on transduction of flowering in mango cv. Baneshan.
Kumar M. A., Reddy Y. N.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030 (A. P.), India.
Crop Research (Hisar) 34 : 146-148
Abstract : The experiment was conducted to study the effect of calcium nitrate Ca (NO3)2 and salicylic acid (SA) on transduction of flowering in mango cv. Baneshan. The chemicals significantly influenced the flowering. The percentage of new laterals which flowered was highest with calcium nitrate 1.0% spray. Calcium nitrate 1.0% spray recorded highest percentage of hermaphrodite flowers and this was at par with SA 100 ppm and control.