EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (PGR) ON FLOWERING AND FRUITING OF POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L.) CV. BHAGWA UNDER PRAYAGRAJ AGRO - CLIMATIC CONDITIONSaket Mishra, Jampani Nihari and Ravi Kumar SinghAbstract The present experiment carried out during 2020 in Central research field of Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj, The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 10 Treatments and 3 Replications they are as follows: T0 Control, T1 GA3 50 ppm, T2 GA3 75 ppm, T3 GA3 100 ppm, T4 NAA 40 ppm, T5 NAA 50 ppm, T6 NAA 60 ppm, T7 Ethrel 25 ppm, T8 Ethrel 50 ppm, T9 Ethrel 75 ppm. The main objectives of the research is to study effect of Plant Growth Regulators (PGR) on flowering and fruiting of pomegranate cv. Bhagwa. To evaluate the economics of different treatment. on the basis of result obtained in the present investigation it is concluded that the Plant growth regulators revealed that T3 GA3 100 ppm was to be most effective for obtaining superior plant height (m)(4.99), Number of branches (13.03), Leaf area (cm2) (11.78), Number of flowers (167.46), number of fruits (67.18), fruit weight (g)(249.06), Diameter of fruits (cm)(9.41), yield (t ha-1)(16.73) and benefit cost ratio was found to be superior with T3 GA3 (2.41). |