TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of growth regulators on preharvest fruit drop, yield and quality in kinnow mandarin
AU - Nawaz, M. Azher
AU - Ahmad, Waqar
AU - Ahmad, Saeed
AU - Khan, M. Mumtaz
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - The study was undertaken to envisage the effect of growth regulators on preharvest fruit drop and quality of Kinnow mandrin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Various concentration of 2, 4-D, GA3 and NAA were applied during the last week of November, 2005 to check the impact of various treatments on preharvest fruit drop, yield and fruit quality. Exogenous application of growth regulators significantly decreased preharvest fruit drop percentage, leading to increase in total number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, juice percentage, total soluble solids, acidity, vitamin-C, reducing sugars and non reducing sugars %age while no effect was observed on fruit size. Auxin (2,4-D and NAA) performed better compared to gibberellins.
AB - The study was undertaken to envisage the effect of growth regulators on preharvest fruit drop and quality of Kinnow mandrin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Various concentration of 2, 4-D, GA3 and NAA were applied during the last week of November, 2005 to check the impact of various treatments on preharvest fruit drop, yield and fruit quality. Exogenous application of growth regulators significantly decreased preharvest fruit drop percentage, leading to increase in total number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, juice percentage, total soluble solids, acidity, vitamin-C, reducing sugars and non reducing sugars %age while no effect was observed on fruit size. Auxin (2,4-D and NAA) performed better compared to gibberellins.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:62249142097
SN - 0556-3321
VL - 40
SP - 1971
EP - 1981
JO - Pakistan Journal of Botany
JF - Pakistan Journal of Botany
IS - 5
ER -