Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Faiziya, Umamaheswarappa P, Shrinivasa V, Shivaprasad M, Ganapathi M and Vaishnavi K

Abstract:
Chilli is one of the most commercially grown vegetable for its pungent fruits. Chillies are known to be very susceptible to periodic changes in climatic conditions and disseminating pests and diseases. Many scientists reported that the application of bioregulators as well as micronutrient application would be helpful increasing crop productivity. So, the current study was conducted in RCBD design with nine treatments of different concentrations of plant bioregulators and micronutrients using three replications. The results have shown that among the various treatments, foliar application of triacontanol at 0.25 percent (T2) recorded significantly maximum plant height (72.05 cm), canopy spread (N-S and E-W) (62.23 and 56.23 cm, respectively). However, the foliar application of boron at 0.10 percent (T8) recorded significantly maximum fruit length (12.30 cm), fruit girth (14.78 mm), 100 fresh fruit weight (615.00 g) and green chilli yield (34.17 t/ha). The obtained results can be correlated with biochemical changes in crop over the application of bioregulators and micronutrients in future.