Effect of pruning time and bio-regulators on growth and yield of ber in semi-arid zone of Rajasthan

Abstract

The results showed that pruning done at the 2nd week of April gave better results in terms of maximum gain in plant height, length of primary branch, number of secondary branches per primary branch, average fruit weight and fruit yield per hectare of ber in both the years as well as in pooled analysis. Among the different bio-regulators, application of thiourea @ 1000 ppm performed the better results in respect to growth and yield parameters of ber over other bio-regulators except thiourea @ 500 ppm was noted at par to it during the course of study.