Vol. 8, Issue 4 (2020)
Effect of pruning and paclobutrazol application of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Balaji under Sub-Himalayan Terai region of West Bengal
Author(s): Ravi Kondle, Sarad Gurung and Nilesh Bhowmick
Abstract: Acid lime is considered as most important fruit crop. Acid lime is also known as Kagzi lime or Neebu. It is considered to be native of Malayan peninsula. It belongs to the family Rutaceae, with chromosome number (2n=18). An experiment was conducted at the farmer’s field at Gopalpur, Cooch Behar during the year 2018 to 2020. The trial was laid out using 2 factor RBD design with three replications. Acid lime cv. Balaji has pruned at 25cm, 50cm, 75cm and soil drenching with paclobutrazol @ 2.5ml and 5ml/ meter canopy spread of the trees on three times at 50 days interval beginning immediately after pruning (June) to September and were compared with control. The result revealed that the morphological and reproductive characters significantly affected by Medium pruning (50cm from apex) and paclobutrazol @ 5.0 ml/meter canopy of the tree application and their combinations. It was concluded that the treatment T9 medium pruning (50cm) of tree and paclobutrazol application @ 5 ml/tree in acid lime were vital for regulating tree height, Canopy volume, stem girth and increased total number of flowers per shoot, fruit setting percentage and fruit retention percentage.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i4c.9689
Pages: 201-206 | 685 Views 77 Downloads
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Ravi Kondle, Sarad Gurung, Nilesh Bhowmick. Effect of pruning and paclobutrazol application of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Balaji under Sub-Himalayan Terai region of West Bengal. Int J Chem Stud 2020;8(4):201-206. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i4c.9689
