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Influence of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth and Yield of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thunb)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The experiment was carried out in Horticulture Research farm, M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management during Rabi, 2022 and laid out in Randomised Block Design with 3 replicates and 12 treatments. Plant growth regulators were sprayed twice at 2-leaf and 4-leaf stage. GA3 @ 40 ppm + NAA @ 150 ppm has revealed to be best in terms of growth and yield attributes i.e., length of main creeper (3.48 m), number of sub creeper per plant (3.80), chlorophyll content at 30, 60 and 90 DAS (51.10, 45.44, and 16.77), lowest node number at which first male flower appeared (5.33) and female flower appeared (5.73), minimum number of days for the appearance of first male flower (36.80) and female flower (36.13) and the minimum number of days taken to fruit formation (40.80), number of fruits per plant (3.77), average fruit weight (4.11 kg), fruit yield per plant (6.44 kg).

Source: DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16754999

Authors: Das, Shreshtha, Anitha, Ganisetti, Ramesh, Eggadi, Venkatesh, I

Institution: Centurion University of Technology and Management

Language: English

Topic: Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6930828550

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