Response of zinc and boron sprays on growth and yield of Aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn) cv. Chakiya

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during 2016-17 at Department of Horticulture and Post Harvest technology, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal on eight years old aonla trees, to study the effect of foliar application of Zn and B singly and in combinations on the growth and yield of aonla cv. Chakiya, revealed that fruit retention, fruit size (length and breadth), fruit weight, pulp weight, stone weight, pulp thickness and yield were maximized when foliar spray was done with Borax 0.50% + ZnSO4 0.60%.