FOLIAR SPRAY OF MICRONUTRIENTS AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF TOMATO

S.P. TIWARI¹*, ARTI GUHEY², JITENDRA TRIVEDI³, L.K. SHRIVASTAVA⁴, A.K. TRIPATHI^5
1Department of Plant Physiology, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh
²Principal Scientist, Crop Physiology, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh
³Department of Vegetable Science, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh
⁴Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
⁵Department of Plant Physiology, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh
* Corresponding Author : shashiprakash30@gmail.com

Received : 21-02-2018     Accepted : 12-05-2018     Published : 15-05-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 9       Pages : 5997 - 5998
Int J Agr Sci 10.9 (2018):5997-5998

Keywords : Tomato, Plant growth regulators, Micronutrients, Chlorophyll and Retention
Academic Editor : Dr Ajay Kumar Khare
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The experiment was conducted in department of plant physiology, IGKV, Raipur during 2015-16 to assess the effects of micronutrients viz., boron, zinc, iron, manganese, and plant growth regulators viz., NAA,GA3 and kinetin mixture of all and multiplex through foliar application on quality of fruit and seed in tomato. Three sprays of each at 100 ppm were applied at 10 days interval starting from 30 days after transplanting. Germination percentage, seedling length, speed of germination, vitamin C, total soluble solids and lycopene content showed significant variations.

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