Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
LT Meshram, AM Sonkamble, SR Patil and Dahake LZ

Abstract:
A field experiment entitled was carried out on instructional farm during summer season of 2019- 20. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. The experiment included eight treatments; namely GA₃ (20 ppm), NAA (100 ppm), TIBA (20 ppm), Ethephon (100 ppm), AgNO₃ (300 ppm), MH (100 ppm), CCC (500 ppm) and control (water spray). Two sprays of plant growth regulators were done at 2^nd and 4^th true leaf stages. The results of experiment revealed that yield contributing characters, chlorophyll index (64.39 Spad unit), highest sex ratio (Female: Male)(1: 9.03), minimum days to first female flower appearance (33.53), minimum node at which first female flower appeared (8.60), maximum number of fruit (3.06), average weight of fruit (3.29 kg), fruit yield kg per plant (10.07 kg), fruit yield kg per plot (100.68 kg), yield per hectare (503.38 q ha^-1) were maximum in treatment (TIBA 20 ppm).