Effect of foliar application of biostimulants and micronutrients on growth and flowering of African marigold cv. Pusa Narangi Gainda

Abstract

The present experiment entitled “Effect of foliar application of biostimulants and micronutrients on growth, flowering and yield of African marigold cv. Pusa Narangi Gainda” was carried out at Jamuvadi Farm, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, during 2017 to 2019. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with Factorial concept (FRBD) consisting two factors with three replications. The treatment comprised with four biostimulants and three treatment of micronutrients. The result indicated that the foliar application of banana pseudostem sap @ 1% 60, 90 DAT and at final harvest with micronutrients grade-IV @ 1% in addition to recommended does of fertilizers (200:100:100 kg/ha NPK) produced better growth characters viz., the plant height, plant spread (E-W and N-S), number of branches per plant, fresh weight of plant, dry weight of plant as well as flowering characters viz., days to initiation of flowering, days to 50% flowering, flowering duration (days), flower stalk length in African marigold cv. Pusa Narangi Gainda.