Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
MV Patel, BR Parmar, AB Parmar and HJ Christian

Abstract:
The present experiment was conducted during the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 at Instructional Farm, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with three repetition and eight treatments. The flowering and yield parameters viz., maximum number of flowers per shoot (10.53, 10.97 and 10.75), fruit set (43.03, 47.17 and 45.10 %), fruit retention (18.67, 19.17 and 18.92 %), number of fruits per shoot (2.60, 2.77 and 2.68), fruit yield (154.47, 163.33 and 158.90 kg/tree) and fruits yield (15.45, 16.33 and 15.89 t/ha) and minimum flower development period (26.77, 26.86 and 26.82 days) was noted in the treatment T₈ [Ca(NO₃)₂ @ 0.6 % + Boric acid @ 0.2 % + NOVEL+ @ 1.5 %] during the year 2019-20, 2020-21 and pooled data, respectively. The number of days required for flowering to harvest was not significantly influenced by foliar application of nutrient sources in sapota cv. Kalipatti.