Vol. 10, Issue 6 (2021)

Author(s):
SB Gadade, NS Kahate and SB Bade

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted on field of Department of Agril. Botany, College of Agriculture, Parbhani, Maharashtra during kharif, 2015 for studying effects of plant groth regulators on functional leaf number and leaf area of Ladys Finger (Abelmoschus esculentus L.). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with nine treatments and three replications. The treatments consisted of two growth regulators viz., gibberrellic acid (50,100,150 and 200 ppm) and naphthalene acetic acid (50,100,150 and 200 ppm). The number of leaves per plant differed significantly with maximum in GA (100 and 50 ppm) at 60 DAS and individually at 75-90 DAS Leaf area increased from 45 to 60 DAS. The experimental results revealed that application of plant growth regulators significantly increased number of leaves per plant as compared to control. The leaf area was found to be significantly higher in GA (100 ppm) at all the stages.