EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NUTRIENTS AND GROWTH REGULATORS ON FLOWERING BEHAVIOUR OF CASHEW (Anacardium occidentale L.) variety VRI -2

R. PANDIYAN¹*, K. MANIVANNAN^2
1Department of Vegetable crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, India
²Department of Horticulture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, 608002, India
* Corresponding Author : kalaivanipandiyan.74@rediffmail.com

Received : 27-08-2018     Accepted : 26-09-2018     Published : 30-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 18       Pages : 7123 - 7125
Int J Agr Sci 10.18 (2018):7123-7125

Keywords : Cashew Var-VRI-2, Different levels of nutrients and growth regulators
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to State Horticulture Farm Neyveli 4th Block and Department of Horticulture, Annamalai University Chidambaram, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

An experiment was conducted to study the influence of different levels of nutrients and growth regulators on nut yield of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) variety VRI -2 at State Horticultural Farm, Neyveli, and Tamil Nadu. The study was revealed that soil application of 75 percent of the recommended dose of fertilizer + 100 kg of FYM + Cow pea as an intercrop + 1.0 kg Humic acid as soil application + 3 percent Panchakavya as foliar spray had increased the productivity viz., maximum total number of flowers panicle-1 (910.25), number of hermaphrodite flowers panicle-1 (71.68) as compared to control. respondents.

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