Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
Jatavath Anitha, T Suresh Kumar, A Girwani, CH Raja Goud and D Naga Harshitha

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Effect of foliar application of plant growth regulators and micronutrients on yield and quality of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Balaji” was carried out during the year 2021-2022 at farmer field, Banda Timmapur (village), Konda Mallepally, Nalgonda (Dist). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eight treatments and three replications. The results indicate that the acid lime tree sprayed with GA₃ (50 ppm) + ZnSO₄ (0.5%) + FeSO₄(0.2%) + MgSO₄ (0.2%) + MnSO₄ (0.2%) + Boron (0.1%), recorded maximum increase in juice percent (49.15%) and shelf life (23.70%) and Quality attributing characters like total soluble solids (7.50 ⁰Brix), total sugars(1.88%), reducing sugars (0.92%), non-reducing sugars (0.94%), titrable acidity (7.89%) and ascorbic acid (30.15 mg/100 g) were found to be maximum with the foliar application of NAA (100 ppm) + ZnSO₄ (0.5%) + FeSO₄ (0.2%) + MgSO₄ (0.2%) + MnSO₄ (0.2%) + Boron (0.1%). while minimum was recorded in Control (water spray).