Laxman Sharma* and J.P. Collis
Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences Allahabad (U.P.)-211007, India
Email: laxman1910@gmail.com
Received-09.05.2017, Revised-22.05.2017
Abstract: Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth and Flower Yield of Petunia (Petunia hybrida) was carried out at research field of Department of Horticulture, Allahabad School of Agriculture, SHIATS Allahabad. The experiment included 10 treatments and three replications. It was concluded that application of GA3 -200 ppm in treatment T2 was found to be superior on plant height, plant spread, number of branches, number of leaves, number of flowers per plant, and higher yield and the application of CCC – 500 ppm in treatment T5 was found superior on size of flower, fresh weight of flower and dry weight of flower and the application of NAA – 30 ppm in treatment T7 was found superior on early bud flower bud emergence was observed as compared with control.
Keywords: Plant Growth Regulators, GA3, CCC, NAA, Petunia
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