Priyanka Sharma and Anil Kumar Singh
Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
email: Sharma.of.priyanka@gmail.com
Abstract: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of GA3 and varieties on post harvest life of tuberose. GA3 was applied to plants at two concentrations (GA3 100 and 200 ppm) along with control (distilled water). Varieties comprised of two single cultivars namely Sikkim Selection, Phule Rajani and two double cultivars namely Vaibhav and Calcutta Double. GA3 200 ppm produced pronounced affect on post harvest characters of tuberose. All the varieties exhibited significant differences for all the attributes.
Keywords: Tuberose, GA3, Cultivar, Growth, Yield.
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