Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Bhavin C Gohel, VR Malam, Subhrajyoti Mishra, Meera Solanki and VS Patel

Abstract:
An experiment entitled “Effect of soil applied Paclobutrazol treatments at different time on growth and flowering of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Kesar” was carried out at Fruit Research Station, Sakkarbaug, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Ta. & Dist. – Junagadh (Gujarat) during 2019-20 and 2020-21. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with Factorial concept consisting two factors with three replications. The treatment comprised with three time of paclobutrazol application viz., 15^th July, 1^st August and 15^th August and four dose of paclobutrazol application i.e. 5 g a.i., 8.5 g a.i., 11.5 g a.i. and 14.5 g a.i. The result revealed that significantly minimum days to flower bud initiation (48.68), days to 50% flowering (62.99) and days to full bloom (74.23) were recorded on application on 15^th July during both the years and in pooled. However, significantly minimum numbers of new shoots per terminal (1.32), length of new shoot (10.58 cm), days taken to flower bud initiation (46.04), days to 50% flowering (61.82) and days to full bloom (70.26) were observed with application of paclobutrazol dose @ 14.5 g a. i. during both the years and in pooled. The interaction effect of time and dose of paclobutrazol application were produce non significant effect on growth and flowering of mango cv. Kesar, respectively.