Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Attributes of salicylic acid and humic acid on seed yield and quality in African marigold
Author(s): YR Khobragade, DM Panchbhai, AC Bhaskarwar, Seema Thakre and PN Bhute
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted in kharif season of 2016-17 at Research Farm Horticulture Section, College of Agriculture Nagpur to evaluate effect of foliar application of salicylic acid and humic acid on quality and yield attributes of African marigold. The treatment comprised of different concentration of salicylic acid (50, 100, 150, 200 ppm), humic acid (250, 500, 750, 1000 ppm) and control (water spray) were applied as foliar sprays on 15th and 30th DAT. The treatments were replicated thrice in RBD. Among different concentrations of chemicals, salicylic acid 200 ppm recorded significantly maximum number of branches plant-1 (20.87), minimum days to 50 % flowering (62.00 days), number of flowers plant-1 (38.07), weight of dry flower (2.43 g), number of seeds flower-1 (197.61), seed yield hectare-1 (3.27 q), diameter of fully open flower (7.40 cm) and test weight (2.77 g) whereas minimum days to harvesting of flower for seed (34.00 days) were observed in salicylic acid 50 ppm and control.
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YR Khobragade, DM Panchbhai, AC Bhaskarwar, Seema Thakre, PN Bhute. Attributes of salicylic acid and humic acid on seed yield and quality in African marigold. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):1758-1760.
