Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
KL Bera, AM Butani and KS Solanki

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at Madhadibaug, Fruit Research Station, Department of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh (Gujarat). There were nine treatment combinations replicated thrice in a randomized block design. The results revealed that the minimum plant height (144.87 cm) was recorded in treatment T₁ (Normal – 1.8 x 1.8 m) followed by treatments T_5, T₂ T₃ and T_7. Among different spacing, the maximum stem girth (25.10 cm), number of leaves (29.49) and minimum days to flowering (80.04 days), bearing height (57.16 cm) and days to first fruit harvesting (208.67) were observed in treatment T₁ (Normal- 1.8 x 1.8 m) followed by treatment T₃. The highest number of fruits per plant and fruit yield per ha (114.78 t/ha) was obtained in treatment T₃ (Paired row Zig-zag - 1.5 x 1.5 x 2 m).