Arti1, Rahat Ashraf1*, Raja Aadil Usman2, Malik Umar Bashir1 and Hashim Manzoor1
1School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, RIMT University Mandi Gobindgarh,
Punjab 147301, India
2Sher e Kashmir university of agricultural sciences & technology of Kashmir Shalimar
Email: rahatwani78@gmail.com
Received-05.09.2022, Revised-14.09.2022, Accepted-26.09.2022
Abstract: The experiment was carried at Agriculture Farm, School of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, India 2021-22 in Rabi season. The experiment was conducted in Complete randomized design with three replications and Seven treatment combinations i.e. T1 (control), T2 (Zn@ 100ppm), T3 (Zn @ 150ppm), T4 (B @ 100ppm), T5 (B @ 150ppm), T6 ( Zn @100 + B @ 100ppm) and T7 ( Zn @ 150 ppm + B @ 150ppm) under protected conditions The Maximum plant height (155.00 cm), stem diameter (2.86 cm), Number of branches/plant (21.66 cm), leaf length (9.88 cm), leaf width (8.10 cm), days to first flowering (43.77) and number of flowers/plant (51.19) were recorded in treatment (T6) Zinc @ 100 ppm + Boron @ 100 ppm.
Keywords: Flowers, Growth, Boron, Tomato, Zinc
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