Heritability (narrow sense) and genetic advance of for growth, yield and quality traits in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Influence of plant growth regulators on yield and yield attributes of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek)” was conducted during kharif season, 2015 at the Student Instructional Farm of Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad (U.P.), India in randomized block design with ten treatments, three replications and variety Narendra mung-1. The treatments were comprised of foliar spray of two plant growth regulators (PGRs) of different concentrations viz., Salicylic acid (50, 100, 150 and 200 ppm) and GA3 (50, 100, 150 and 200 ppm) along with untreated control (distilled water spray) & spraying was done at 25 DAS. The observations were taken yield and yield attributes like number of clusters plant-1, number of pods cluster-1, number of pods plant-1 and pod length (cm). All the PGRs viz., salicylic acid and GA3 induced positive influence on yield and yield attributes in plants but the foliar spray of salicylic acid @ 150 ppm at 25 DAS was found more profound among all treatments.