Kuldeep Kumar, Kishor Chand Kumhar*, Indu Arora and Sumit Deswal
Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar-125004, Haryana, India
Received-05.03.2022, Revised-26.03.2022, Accepted-18.04.2022
Abstract: An experiment was conducted during rabi season 2018-19 to evaluate the performance of carrot under different steckling size and pruning treatments. Medium size stecklings (4-5 cm in diameter) produced good quality and higher seed yield per plant (26.01 g) and per hectare (15.63 q/ha) as compared to large and small size stecklings. Significantly higher test weight, germination, and seed vigor were recorded with medium size stecklings as compared to small size stecklings. However, the medium and large size stecklings were comparable for germination of seed obtained from secondary and tertiary umbels. Pruning of tertiary branches did not affect seed yield per plant and per hectare significantly. However, test weight, germination percentage, and seed vigor were found higher under pruning treatment as compared to unpruned (control).
Keywords: Carrot, Germination, Steckling, Pruning, Test weight, Seed vigor
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