Effect of paclobutrazol and summer pruning on growth, yield and quality of apple cv. Red Delicious
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Effect of paclobutrazol and summer pruning on growth, yield and quality of apple cv. Red Delicious
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Creator |
Naira Ashraf
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Contributor |
Bhat, M.Y.
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Apple, Paclobutrazol, Summer pruning, Quality
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Description |
Investigation on “Effect of paclobutrazol and summer pruning on growth, yield and quality of apple cv. Red Delicious” was carried out in the experimental orchard of Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar during the years 2011 and 2012. Above twenty five years old trees of apple cv. Red Delicious with uniform vigour and health under uniform cultural practices were selected for the experiment. The selected trees were sprayed with paclobutrazol at (250 ppm, 500 ppm and 750 ppm) four weeks after full bloom followed by summer pruning (I and II) eight and twelve weeks after full bloom, respectively. Vegetative and phenological stages of the fruit trees were recorded and the fruit samples with respect to size, weight, volume, colour change, firmness, organoleptic rating, physiological loss in weight, spoilage, acid content, total soluble solids, sugars (total, reducing and non-reducing sugars) and calcium content at regular interval of 10 days and the last sample drawn at 30 days after storage were studied. Results revealed that trees treated with 750 ppm paclobutrazol + summer pruning (I and II) caused minimum vegetative growth with increased fruit yield and return bloom. The fruit also retained better quality characteristics under ambient storage conditions for a period of 30 days. |
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Date |
2016-08-22T10:17:19Z
2016-08-22T10:17:19Z 2013 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/73235
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en
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application/pdf
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SKUAST
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