Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Jatavath Anitha, T Suresh Kumar, A Girwani, CH Raja Goud and D Naga Harshitha

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Effect of foliar application of plant growth regulators and micronutrients on yield and quality of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Balaji” was carried out during the year 2021-2022 at farmer field, Banda Timmapur (village), konda mallepally, Nalgonda (Dist). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eight treatments and three replications. The results indicate that the acid lime tree sprayed with GA3 (50 ppm) + ZnSO4(0.5%) + FeSO4(0.2%) + MgSO4(0.2%) + MnSO4(0.2%) + Boron(0.1%), recorded maximum increase in number of flowers per shoot(18.85), fruit set (52.24%), fruit weight (45.06 g), fruit volume(52.64 ml), fruit diameter(4.11 cm), fruit length (4.24 cm), number of fruits per tree (925.00), yield per tree(41.68 kg) and minimum days required for flowering to harvesting (144.00), minimum fruit drop (38.20%).