REGULATION OF SEX EXPRESSION THROUGH PGRs AND DIFFERENT MANUAL PRACTICES IN RIDGE GOURD (Luffa acutangula Roxb L.) cv. PUSA NASDAR
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2010
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
An investigation was carried out at the Horticulture
Research Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural
University, Anand during the Kharif season 2009, to assess the
response of various plant growth regulators viz., Naphthalene acetic
acid (NAA) (50 and 100 mg/l), Cycocel (100 and 200 mg/l), Ethrel (100
and 200 ppm), Pinching of primary bud at 30 days, Removal of male
flowers from 45 days to onward (weekly), water spray and control on
growth, sex expression, yield and quality of ridge gourd cv. ‘Pusa
Nasdar’. The soil of the experimental site was loamy sand in texture,
free from any kind of salinity or sodicity hazards, low in organic carbon
and nitrogen, medium in available phosphorus and high in potassium
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Horticulture, Study