Effect of Foliar Application of Plant Growth Retardants on Biomass Partitioning, Flowering and Productivity of Pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan L. Millsp)
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Pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan (L) Millsp.) is an important high protein food crop of family fabaceae. It is a crop of resource poor farmers that provides to them not only quality food and fodder but also fuel food. (4350 Kcal/kg). Plant growth regulators (PGRS) are known to improve physiological efficiency including photosynthetic ability of plants and offer significant role in realizing higher crop yields. In present study field experiments were conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur during kharif 2012-13. The experiment was laid out in RBD with three replications. The treatments were imposed at 60 DAS. Result revealed that all the treatment reduced the plant height and increasing the no. of branches. The minimum plant height was recorded in T3 (paclobutrazol 40 SC 90 ml/ ha.) followed by T9 (control) .The dry weight of leaf, stem and pod increased due to the application of growth retardants. The total dry matter distribution was recorded highest at 120 DAS at harvest. The yield contributing character viz. seed yield per plant, no. of pod per plant, seeds per pod, 100 seed weight and pod length , pod width , increased significantly due to growth retardants among the treatment.
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Kurmi, D., Samaiya, R., Singh, Y., & Dwivedi, S. (2016). Effect of Foliar Application of Plant Growth Retardants on Biomass Partitioning, Flowering and Productivity of Pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan L. Millsp). Indian Research Journal of Genetics and Biotechnology, 8(01), 27 -. Retrieved from https://irjgbt.in/index.php/IRJGBT/article/view/284
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