Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Jyothsna J, Dr. A Shanthi and Dr. S Nadaradjan

Abstract:
Plant growth regulators offer a brilliant scope to customize the plant physiology of crops in favor of our objectives. This experiment in Okra involving the classical PGRs (GA₃, NAA), new generation PGRs (triacontanol, brassinosteroid), and plant growth retardants (CCC, paclobutrazol) revealed the superiority of the plant growth retardant, paclobutrazol, through higher chlorophyll content, more number of branches, more number of pods plant^-1 and thus yield plant^-1. Besides, this paper explicates the ability of paclobutrazol to impart short stature and narrow frame to the okra plants that would favor closer spacing so that more number of plants can be grown hence realizing of higher yield.