Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Jadumoni Rajkhowa, Aditi Smith Gogoi, Samikhya Bhuyan, Alija Burhagohain and Dhruba Jyoti Mishra

Abstract:
The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of chemical pruning as a alternatives for development lateral branches in newly planted tea. The experiment was laid out in ten treatments with three replications in Randomized Block Design (RBD). In the experiments the applied chemical was chlormequat chloride in various concentrations i.e. 1000 ppm, 1500 ppm and 2000 ppm. Treatments which were treated with chlormequat chloride showing better results in number of laterals, number of leaves per lateral and plant, chlorophyll content as compared to conventional method. The treatment T9 (CMC @ 1500 ppm three times at 30 DAP, 45 DAP and 60 DAP) at 60 days, 90 days and 120 days after application was observed to be the most favorable treatment. The application of CMC as an alternative to frame formation prune is found to be viable over the conventional method of frame formation operation in young tea plants.