EFFECT OF PHYTOREGULATORS ON FRUIT SETTING AND YIELD OF MUSKMELON (Cucumis melo L.) HYBRID- TRISHA UNDER POLY HOUSE CONDITION

Annu Verma¹*, Seema Dohare², J. Singh³, H. K. Panigrahi^4
1Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Krishak Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492012, India
²Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Krishak Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492012, India
³Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Krishak Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492012, India
⁴Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Krishak Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492012, India
* Corresponding Author : annu.verma74@rediffmail.com

Received : 22-07-2017     Accepted : 21-10-2017     Published : 24-10-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 48       Pages : 4819 - 4821
Int J Agr Sci 9.48 (2017):4819-4821

Keywords : CPPU, Muskmelon Fruit, Quality, Fruit setting
Academic Editor : J Ramachandran, Dr Bhupamani Das, Dr Sunil C. M., Dr N. E. Naveen
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author are thankful to Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A field experiment was conducted during kharif season 2016-17 at Research Farm of Centre of Excellence on Protected cultivation and Precision Farming, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) to study the effect of phyto-regulator (CPPU) on fruit setting, yield and quality of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) hybrid- Trisha under poly house condition. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications having eight different treatment combinations, T2: Pollination+ 10 ppm CPPU, T3: Pollination+ 20 ppm CPPU, T4: Pollination+ 30 ppm CPPU, T5: Pollination+ 40 ppm CPPU, T6: Unpollinated+ 10 ppm CPPU, T7: Unpollinated+ 20 ppm CPPU, T8: Unpollinated+ 30 ppm CPPU and T9: Unpollinated+ 40 ppm CPPU with one control, T1 (hand pollination with water spray) along with B.A. (Benzyl adenine) @ 100 ppm in all the treatments except control. Under treatment combinations T5 (pollination + 40 ppm CPPU), recorded maximum fruit set (97.95%). Results showed that the production and number of fruits obtained with CPPU treatments were similar to what is obtained by using hand pollination. A positive relation was also observed between production and CPPU concentration. Significant differences were also observed among the treatment with respect to quality of the fruit.

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