Effect of chemicals and growth regulators on physical characters of Parbhani-Bhushan mango.
Shinde B. N., Pawar B. R., Pawar D. B., Kalalbandi B. M.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Mharastra Agriculture University, Parabani - 431 401, Maharastra, India.
Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences 21 : 318-319
Abstract : An experiment was conducted in Maharashtra, India, during 2005-06 to assess the effect of chemicals and growth regulators on physical characters of Parbhani Bhusan mango. The treatments consisted of NAA at 40, 60, 80 ppm, KNO3 at 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0%, urea at 1, 1.5, 2.0%, triacontanol at 300, 500, and 700 ppm, and distilled water sprayed at flowering, pea and marble stage of fruit development. Triacontanol at 700 ppm showed significantly maximum length (10.91 cm), breath (8.91 cm), volume (336.58 cm3), weight (330.41 g) and mesocarp (69.92%). In the case of endocarp (stone), the lowest proportion of endocarp (12.00%) was recorded in triacontanol at 700 ppm.