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Response of long melon (Cucumis melo var utilissimus) to foliar application of plant-growth substances

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Title Response of long melon (Cucumis melo var utilissimus) to foliar application of plant-growth substances
 
Creator ARORA, S K
PANDITA, M L
PRATAP, P S
BATRA, B R
 
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Description An experiment was conducted during summer season of  1991 and 1992 to study the effect of foliar sprays of ethephon, gibberellic acid (GA3), maleic hydrazide (MH) and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) on vegetative growth. flowering and yield of 'Hisar Local Selection' long melon (Cucumis melo L. var utilissimus Duth. & Full.). GA3 @ 25 mg/litre applied atthe stage of 2 and 4 true leaves improved the main vine length (3.97 m), whereas MH @ 200 mg/litre suppressed it  to minimum (2.11 m). NAA @25 mg/litre, ethephon at all the concentrations and MH @50 and 100 mg/litre also suppressed the main vine length compared with the untreated control. Ethephon @ 250 mg/litre, which effectively increased thebranches/plant (10.S) compared witlt the control (5.2), reduced the internodal length (8 cm) and male: female ratio (3.1), and gave the earliest (68 days) and the maximum number of female flowers (27), fruits (17.7) and total yield (1.36 kg/plant). Enthephon @ 250 mg/litre gave the maximum fruit yield (29.76 tonnes/ha.) and GA3 @ 25 mg/litre the minimum (11.08 tonnes/ha).
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-05-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/29675
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 64, No 12 (1994)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/29675/13357
 
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