VASANTHA KUMARI, R.ARUNA TOTAD2023-01-142023-01-142022-01-14https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810192301Anthurium (Anthurium andraeanum) is the best known in global market for its flower which is colored modified leaf (spathe) and a pencil-like protrusion (spadix) borne on leafless stalk or peduncle. A field trial was conducted in Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru during 2020-2021 to assess the “Effect of foliar application of Zinc and Boron on growth and yield of Anthurium”. The experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design and use of micronutrients viz., Zinc (zinc sulphate) and Boron (boric acid). The treatments were replicated thrice and the foliar application was carried out on 30th, 60th and 90th day after transplanting. Foliar application of Zinc (0.4 ppm) + Boron (0.4 ppm) showed overall better performance, the vegetative parameters like tall statured plants (35.93 cm), number of leaves per plant (13.94), leaf length (19.83cm), leaf breadth (12.83 cm) and leaf area (224.87 cm2). Same treatment showed highest flower parameters like stalk length (38.64 cm), spathe length (12.50 cm), spathe width (9.00 cm) and spadix length (6.22 cm), among, post harvest studies the parameters like solution uptake (18.33 ml), spadix discoloration (26.50 days) and vase life of flower (31.33 days) and yield parameters like number of flowers (6.94 per plant), (62.46 per m2 area), (25678 per 500 m2 area), (514073.56 per hectare) and the maximum economic return was (1: 1.71) were recorded maximum in the same treatmentEnglishThesis