Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
GB Gaikawad, MB Patil, RV Nainwad, AM Hinge and LP Patil

Abstract:
The present investigation was carried out at Fruit Research station Aurangabad, during the year 2020-21. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with nine treatments replicated thrice. Two foliar spray of plant growth regulators and chemicals was given at pea and marble stage of fruit development. The result of the investigation revealed that, tricontanol 750 mg/L (T4) recorded minimum number of days taken from fruit set to harvest (99.00). Maximum fruit retention at harvesting stage (1.00%), length of fruit (11.58 cm), breadth of fruit (7.09 cm), weight of fruit (270 g), volume of fruit (164.93 cc), number of fruits/plant at harvest (87.67), fruit set at pea stage (14.17%), fruit set at marble stage (7.52%), fruit drop (86.66%), yield/plant (23.67 kg), yield (11.83 t/ha) while treatment control recorded poor results for all above parameters.