Effects of plant growth regulators on fruit set and yield of pomegranate cv. Bhagwa

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during 2014-15 at Hiriyur, Chitradurga district to study the response of various plant growth regulators at different concentrations namely, NAA(40, 50, 60 ppm) and GA 3 (40,50,60 ppm) on fruitset and yield of pomegranate cv. Bhagwa. The results indicated that NAA 40 ppm was found effective in increasing number of fruits per tree (62.44), fruit length (8.66 cm), fruit diameter (8.71 cm), fruit weight (262.23 g), fruit volume (255.44 ml), TSS(16.76˚B), total sugars(15.58 %), reducing sugars (13.83 %), non-reducing sugars(1.75 %) against control.