Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Komaravalli Akhil, Vijay Bahadur, Annjoe V Joseph and Reena Shirle Lawrence

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted during rabi season in the year 2022-2023 at postgraduate Horticulture Experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, in order to study the Effect of Gibberellic acid and Naphthalene acetic acid on germination and seedling growth on Papaya (Carica papaya) cv. red lady under Prayagraj agro climatic condition. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 9 treatments and 3 replications. Papaya were treated with GA3 and NAA were subjected to germination and seedling growth of papaya seeds and showed better results in combination treatment T₄ (GA3 200 ppm) the treatment was found to be the best for maximum germination percentage, Days for germination, Height of seedling (cm), stem diameter (mm), number of leaves per seedling, Shoot length (cm),Root length (cm), Chlorophyll content (µmolm2) whereas minimum was observed in T₀ (control) of papaya in cultivar red lady.