Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Babu Lal Naga, Deepanshu, Devi Singh and Vijay Bahadur

Abstract:
The experiment entitled “Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth, Yield and Quality of Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)” was conducted at Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj during September to January, 2021-22. Experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications and thirteen treatment combinations. The results revealed that among the variety studied, variety TMPH-443 resulted better in vegetative growth (Plant height, leaf area, Number of branches per plant, yield parameter Minimum days taken for 50 percent flowering, minimum days to first harvest, length of fruit, fruit girth, weight of fruit, number of chilli fruit per plant, average fruit yield per plant, fruit yield per hectare and quality parameters (total soluble solids). Among different concentrations of growth regulator application T11: GA3 (10 ppm) gave better result in vegetative growth (Plant height, Number of branches per plan, leaf area). yield parameters (Minimum days taken for 50 percent flowering, minimum days to first harvest, length of fruit, fruit girth, weight of fruit, number of chilli fruit per plant, average fruit yield per plant, fruit yield per hectare) and quality parameters (total soluble solids).