Response of PGRs on pod characters and yield attributes of cluster bean cv. Pusa Navbahar

Abstract

An experiment was conducted, with a view to study the response of PGRs on pod characters and yield attributes of cluster bean cv. Pusa Navbahar at the Vegetable Research Scheme, Regional Horticultural Research Station of the Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India during Summer 2016 and 2017. The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with three replications, which included 13 treatments. Among pod characters, T4 (GA3 20 mg l-1) was found best in statistical analysis for number of cluster plant-1, number of pods cluster-1, number of pods plant-1, pod length, pod width, pod weight and number of seeds pod-1 as well as yield attributes namely, pod yield and harvest index on pooled basis. Based on green pod yield, maximum return was obtained from the foliar application of GA3 20 mg l-1 with higher B:CR value of 2.1 followed by T1 (B:CR value of 1.9).