Effect of pruning and different micronutrient on plant growth, fruit yield and quality of Phalsa (Grewia asiatica L.) c.v Sharbati

Abstract

The present experiment was conducted to determine “Effect of Pruning and different micronutrient on Plant Growth, Fruit yield and quality of Phalsa (Grewia asiatica L.) c.v Sharbati” under Allahabad agro-climatic conditions in the Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science, Allahabad, (U.P.) during the year 2016-2017. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (R.B.D) with three replications and used different concentrations of Micro-nutrients [Zinc (ZnSO4) (0.1%, 0.2%), Boron (Bo) (0.1%, 0.2%) and Cu (CuSO4) (0.1%, 0.2%)] with 15 different treatments. The result reveals that was effective in improving pre and post-harvest parameters of Phalsa. Treatments influenced significantly No of canes bush-1(15.46), Days of sprouting of shoots (38.59), Number of sprouted shoots cane-1 (25.32), Number of leaves shoots-1(28.19), Length of shoots cane-1 (79.08cm) and Number of fruiting nodes shoots-1 (25.11). The data revealed that T14-0.2% Boron + 0.1% Zinc Sulphate + 0.2% Copper significantly influenced the different post-harvest attributes in phalsa viz., Number of fruit bush-1(25.11), Fresh weight of 10 fruits(9.17), Yield bush-1 (4.16kg) and Yield hectare-1 (68.86q/ha). Similarly, maximum 0.2% Boron + 0.1% Zinc Sulphate + 0.2% Copper and minimum was recorded with T0-control.