Bharat Bhusan Bhatt*, S.S. Rawat and Dinesh Kumar
Department of Horticulture, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal)-246174,
Uttarakhand, India
Received-01.11.2016, Revised-17.11.2016
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out at Horticultural Research Centre and Department of Horticulture, Chauras campus, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India during 2008-09 growing seasons to study the effect of foliar application of bio-regulators and nutrients on quality of lemon (Citrus limon Burma.) cv. Pant Lemon-1. On the basis of overall performance of treatments on quality characters of fruits, it can be concluded that the values for fruit set, days to maturity, yield of fruits per plant, fruit length, fruit juice, total soluble solids, total sugars, shelf-life of fruits, have been obtained maximum under GA3 (20 ppm) treatment, while the minimum fruit cracking and the maximum fruit weight, fruit volume, acidity were recorded with NAA (50 ppm). However, the maximum vitamin C was recorded under NAA (10 ppm) foliar application.
Keywords: Foliar application, Nutrients, Bio-regulators, Lemon
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