Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Effects of pruning and chemicals on growth behaviour of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Kuliana lime
Author(s): Kommana Pavani, Subhrajyoti Mishra, Dilip Kumar Dash and Divya Vani Vaka
Abstract: Acid lime being a tropical fruit crop, its flushing and flowering is dependent on the variation of climatic factors. Generally, the timing and rate of vegetative and reproductive growths are regulated by autonomous or environmental factors. Unmanaged growth leads to various insect and pest attacks, reduction in quality and yield etc. Growth regulators as well as chemicals are widely used for controlling the plant growth and enhancing the yield and quality. Present experiment was carried out to find the effects of pruning and chemicals on growth behaviour of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Kuliana lime during 2017-18 at Horticultural Research Station, Department of Fruit Science and Horticulture Technology, O.U.A.T., Bhubaneswar. Results showed that, the interaction effect of urea (5%) in pruned plants i.e. treatment P1C1, was the best in all most all the foliar growth parameters viz. earlier sprouting initiation (24 days after pruning), number of new shoots (24.57), length of the shoots (21.33cm), numbers of leaves per shoot (18.66), leaf area (27.47cm²), chlorophyll content (0.65, 1.36 and 1.29 mg/g fresh weight of chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b and total chlorophyll respectively), leaf dry weight (2.79mg). Maximum (26.31 LUX) light interception was recorded in treatment P1C3. The duration taken for sprouting was found maximum (55.25 days) in P2C1. Therefore pruning and application of urea 5 per cent is the best way for optimizing the vegetative growth in Kuliana Lime. Further research must be carried out to know the best combination of pruning and chemicals on the yield attributing traits.
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Kommana Pavani, Subhrajyoti Mishra, Dilip Kumar Dash, Divya Vani Vaka. Effects of pruning and chemicals on growth behaviour of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Kuliana lime. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):1959-1963.
