STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ZINC AS FOLIAR APPLICATION ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY IN RADISH

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dc.contributor.authorSHARMA, SHIVANI
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T11:17:54Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T11:17:54Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Studies on the effect of zinc as foliar application on seed yield and quality in radish” were carried out in the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2018-2019 using radish cv. Japanese White. There were twelve treatment combinations including four levels of zinc (Zn) (0g l-1, 1g l-1, 2g l-1 and 3g l-1 ZnSO4) and three stages of application (S) (Bolting, Bolting + 14 days after first application and Bolting + 14 days + 28 days after first application). Each plot of size 3.0 × 1.8 m accommodated thirty plants at as spacing of 60 × 30 cm. The results revealed that among the 12 treatment combinations, Zn3S1 (2g l-1 at the time of bolting) was the best treatment combination for growth and seed yield parameters resulting in maximum plant height (118.92 cm), siliquae plant-1(146.40), seeds siliqua-1(6.34), siliqua length (7.09 cm), average seed weight siliqua-1 (0.185g), minimum days to seed maturity (104.67) and maximum seed yield (27.03 g plant-1, 0.67 kg plot-1 and 9.90 q ha-1). The effect on various seed quality parameters evaluated under laboratory conditions depicted superiority of interaction Zn3S1 in terms of maximum 1000 seed weight (14.36 g), germination of harvested seed (85.75%), seedling length (24.20 cm), seedling dry weight (11.31 mg), seed vigour index-I (2,075.08), seed vigour index-II (966.77), minimum electrical conductivity (0.017dS m-1), maximum germination in accelerated ageing test (81.00 %) and cold test (78.25 %) than rest of the treatment combinations. Maximum benefit: cost ratio (2.70:1) was also noticed in Zn3S1. Thus, it can be concluded that for getting higher yield of quality seed in radish under mid hill condition of HP, the crop should be sprayed with ZnSO4 @ 2g l-1 at bolting stage.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810151699
dc.keywordsradish, effect of zinc , foliar application, seed yield and qualityen_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.pages52+viiien_US
dc.publisherUHF,NAUNIen_US
dc.subSeed Science and Technologyen_US
dc.themeradish, effect of zinc , foliar application, seed yield and qualityen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleSTUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ZINC AS FOLIAR APPLICATION ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY IN RADISHen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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