ABSTRACTS

HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1): Jan.-March, 2012 (ABTRACTS) ISSN : 2250-2823
1. NAT U RAL ME DIC I NAL CHEM IS TRY : CURES FROM A LIV ING FOS SIL
Pooja Sapra Sharma
1
and Rajan Sharma
Eidogen-Sertanty Inc, Cal i for nia, U.S.A.
1
Ch. S. S. Shandilya (P.G.) Col lege, Machhra, Meerut.
E-mail: poojasapra.sharma@gmail.com
AB STRACT: Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.), is one of the old est liv ing tree spe cies and its leaves are
among the most ex ten sively stud ied herbs in use to day. Nick named as liv ing fos sil by Charles
Dar win, Ginkgo is over 150 mil lion years old and was thought to be ex tinct un til it was found
grow ing in China in 17
th
Cen tury. In west ern world, Ginkgo sup ple ments are among the
best-sell ing herbal med i ca tions. Ginkgo leaves con tain two types of chem i cals (flavonoids and
terpenoids) be lieved to have po tent an ti ox i dant prop er ties. Ginkgo has been used in Chi nese
tra di tional med i cine to treat blood dis or ders and en hance mem ory. Sci en tific stud ies through out
the years have found ev i dence that sup ports these claims. Al though not all stud ies agree,
Ginkgo may help treat de men tia (in clud ing Alz hei mers dis ease) and in ter mit tent claudication, or
poor cir cu la tion in the legs. It also shows prom ise for en hanc ing mem ory in older adults.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 1-4 (2012)
2. IN FLU ENCE OF SOIL NU TRI ENT STA TUS ON YIELD AND QUAL I TA TIVE
AT TRIB UTES OF POME GRAN ATE (Punica granatum L.) AND BER
(Zizyphus mauritiana LAMK.)
Jitendra Singh and Raj Kumar
Col lege of Hor ti cul ture and For estry, Maharana Pratap Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Cam pus
Jhalarapatan, Jhalawar-326 023 (Rajasthan).
KVK, Vejhalpur, Panchmahals, Godhra-389 340, Gujarat, In dia
AB STRACT: Pome gran ate and ber are im por tant fruits find fa vour es pe cially in arid/ semi-arid
ar eas of trop ics all across the globe. Bright sun-shine and light soil of fer pre mium qual ity in
har vest unmatching to the har vest ob tained from any where else in the world. How ever, the
share of In dia in world trade is abys mally low. Qual ity of the pro duce match ing to in ter na tional
stan dard is proved as the hard im ped i ment in this re gard. It is ob vi ous that the qual ity of pro duce
de pends a lot upon the in her ent fer til ity and pro duc tiv ity of soil. To have an ac count of all such
fac tors study was un der taken se lect ing ten rep re sen ta tive or chards of pome gran ate cv. Ganesh
and also of ber cv. Gola of Bikaner dis trict and it was at tempted to study the in her ent nu tri ent
sta tus of or chards and its im pact on physicochemical char ac ter is tics of fruits. Soil sam ples were
col lected from each or chard from 0-60 cm soil depth. From the in ves ti ga tion it was found that the
level of or ganic car bon, ni tro gen, zinc, phos pho rus and sul phur was low to me dium and
po tas sium con tent was in me dium range in soils of se lected sites in or chards in Bikaner dis trict.
All soil nu tri ents were found pos i tively cor re lated with nu tri ent sta tus of leaves, fruit yield and
qual i ta tive at trib utes of ber ex cept phos pho rous and zinc con tents in leaves.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 5-12 (2012)
3. HOR TI CUL TURE AND TASAR FLORA: STA TUS, SCOPE AND PO TEN TIAL UTI LI ZA TION
A.K. Srivastava, Dinesh Kumar, J.P. Pandey, Vijai Kumar
1
and B.C. Prasad
Cen tral Tasar Re search and Train ing In sti tute, Cen tral Silk Board, Govt. of In dia, P.O. Piska-Nagri, Ranchi
835303, In dia.
1
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, CSSS (PG) Col lege, Machhra, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, In dia.
E-mail-dineshkcsb@ya hoo.co.in
AB STRACT : Tasar cul ture prac ticed largely by tribal de pended hith erto on a host of tasar host
plants nat u rally avail able in the for est. Chang ing so cial fab ric on one hand and the need for
con ser va tion of tasar flora on the other call for in sight and de vis ing fo cused strat e gies
sus te nance of tasar cul ture is re quired. In this back drop, block plan ta tion of Arjun/Asan are taken
up at dif fer ent spac ing, of these plan ta tion with 10 5 has given more profit. It is need of the
hour that tasar food plants com bined with land hus bandry and hor ti cul tural plants viz. Terminalia
catappa, Anacardium occidentale, Carissa carandus, Zizyphus jujuba, Eugenia cuminii, etc are
ef fec tive means of de vel op ment as tasar food plants for ex pan sion of tasar flora. It will pro vide
gain ful em ploy ment op por tu ni ties in ru ral ar eas which will check mi gra tion of ru ral folk to ur ban
ar eas.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 13-16 (2012)
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4. IN FLU ENCE OF NI TRO GEN, PHOS PHO RUS AND PO TAS SIUM FER TIL IZ ERS ON YIELD
AND QUAL ITY OF GRAPES CV. PERLETTE
N.K. Arora, M.I.S. Gill and Navjot
1
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Punjab Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana, Punjab
1
PAU Re gional Sta tion, Bathinda, Punjab
AB STRACT: The pres ent stud ies were con ducted to as cer tain the ef fect of dif fer ent
com bi na tions of N, P and K fer til iz ers on the yield and qual ity of Perlette grapes. The yield and
qual ity char ac ter is tics var ied with the dif fer ent com bi na tions of N, P and K. The mean pooled
data in di cates that the max i mum num ber of bunches/vine (2.28) were ob tained in N
1
P
1
K
1
com bi na tion. The mean bunch weight was how ever, sig nif i cantly higher (497.2g) in a fer til izer
com bi na tion N
1
P
2
K
2
fol lowed by com bi na tion N
1
P
1
K
2
(469.3). The higher yield /vine (10.3 kg)
was ob tained in N
1
P
2
K
2
com bi na tion. The qual ity pa ram e ters viz., TSS, acid ity and TSS/Acid
ra tion also var ied with change in fer til izer dose. The sig nif i cantly higher TSS (19.1%) was
ob tained in the bunches har vested from the vines given 75g N, 50 g P and 150 g K. The
TSS/Acid ra tio was sig nif i cantly higher (37.3). Thus the fer til izer com bi na tion N
1
P
1
K
2
(75g N, 50
g P and 150 g K)/ year age of vines should be rec om mended in vine yards to ob tain higher yield
and better qual ity fruits.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 17-23 (2012)
5. EVAL U A TION OF OR CHID SPE CIES UN DER SUB-TROP I CAL MID-HILLS OF MEGHALAYA
Rajiv Kumar, Bidyut C. Deka and A.R. Roy
Di vi sion of Hor ti cul ture, All In dia Co-ordinated Re search Pro ject on Flori cul ture
ICAR Re search Com plex for NEH Re gion, Umiam 793 103, Meghalaya
Pres ent ad dress:
1
Di vi sion of Or na men tal Crops, In dian In sti tute of Hor ti cul tural Re search, Hessaraghatta lake
Post, Bangalore 560 089, Karnataka
E-mail: flori_rajiv@ya hoo.co.in
AB STRACT: Or chids are in ter na tion ally ac claimed for their ex qui site flower forms and at trac tive
colours. Forty or chid spe cies were eval u ated for veg e ta tive and flow er ing char ac ters at ICAR
Re search com plex for NEH re gion, Umiam, Meghalaya dur ing 2009-10. The find ings re vealed
that plant height ranged from 5.06 cm (Pleione maculata) to 140.00 cm (Thunia marshalliana).
Sig nif i cantly max i mum num ber of stems/plant was re corded in Arundina bambusifolia (15.83).
Epidendrum sp. re corded max i mum stem length (130.50 cm) and internodal length (9.68 cm).
How ever, max i mum num ber of leaves/plant (99.76) and spikes/plant (17.80) was re corded in
Coelogyne nitida. Ear li est flow er ing was re corded in Den dro bium aphyllum (136 days) while it
was de layed in Cym bi dium giganteum (829 days). Num ber of flow ers/spike var ied from 1.00
(Paphiopedilum spicearianum) to 140.02 (Aerides multiflorum). Sig nif i cantly max i mum spike
length (90.00 cm) and spike du ra bil ity (58.90 days) was re corded in Calanthe masuca and
Cym bi dium hy brid, re spec tively. Flower size var ied from 0.83 cm (Pholidota sp.) to 13.63 cm
(Paphiopedilum villosum), while Phaius tankervilliae (7.86 cm) re corded the lon gest pedicel.
Spe cies Calanthe masuca, Cym bi dium giganteum, Den dro bium nobile, Phaius tankervilliae,
Renanthera imschootiana, Thunia marshalliana, Vanda coerulea were found prom is ing as cut
flower.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 24-28 (2012)
6. EF FECT OF GROWTH RE TAR DANTS ON VEG E TA TIVE GROWTH,
FLOW ER ING AND FRUIT ING OF LI TCHI CV. CALCUTTIA
Bikramjit Singh
1
, Sukhdev Singh and Savreet Sandhu
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Khalsa Col lege, Amritsar-143 002
1
PAU Re gional Re search Sta tion, Abohar-152 116.
AB STRACT : Pres ent in ves ti ga tion was carriedout dur ing 2009-10 to stan dard ize lev els of
growth re tar dants (CCC and PBZ) for proper veg e ta tive growth, flow er ing and fruit ing in li tchi cv.
Calcuttia, Re sults re vealed that PBZ 7.5 ml proved to be the most ef fec tive treat ment for
sup press ing shoot growth, pan i cle size, male flower per cent age, fruit drop and sex ra tio. Same
treat ment re sulted in in creased her maph ro dite flower per cent age, fruit set and fruit re ten tion.
PBZ 2.5 ml proved to be the most ef fec tive in in creas ing fruit size and PBZ 5.0 ml in fruit breadth
and weight. CCC 2000 ppm re sulted in max i mum pulp weight, pulp/stone ra tio, to tal sol u ble
sol ids and min i mum acid ity whereas CCC 500 ppm found help ful in de creas ing seed and peel
weight. PBZ 7.5 ml was the most ef fec tive treat ment in pro duc ing max i mum sug ars (to tal and
re duc ing) and fruit yield/tree.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 29-33 (2012)

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7. STUD IES ON GE NETIC VARI ABIL ITY, HERITABILITY AND GE NETIC AD VANCE IN CU -
CUM BER (Cucumis sativus L.)
Yogesh Chandra Yadav, Sanjay Kumar and Raghvendra Singh
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, In sti tute of Ag ri cul tural Sci ences, Banaras Hindu Uni ver sity, Varanasi-221 005
E-mail : sanjay123_bhu@ya hoo.co.in
AB STRACT: A field ex per i ment was con ducted with 20 di verse ge no types (BSC-1, BSC-2,
CH-122, 126,128, CHC-1, Swarna Ageta, VRC-11-2, CC-3, CC-8, DR/NKV/02,VRC-19, CC-2,
4, 5, 6, 7 , 9, 1 and Ranchi-1) in ran dom ized block de sign with three rep li ca tions. An a lyzed data
re vealed that among all the ge no types CC-5, BSC-2, BSC-1, CH-128, CHC-2 and CC-2 gave
prom is ing re sults.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 34-37 (2012)
8. IN TE GRATED NU TRI TIONAL MAN AGE MENT AF FECTS THE GROWTH, FLOW ER ING
AND FRUIT ING OF RE JU VE NATED BER
P.N. Katiyar, V.K. Tripathi, R.K. Sachan, J.P. Singh and Ram Chandra
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture
C.S. Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy, Kanpur, U.P.-208002
AB STRACT: The ex per i ment was car ried out in the Hor ti cul ture Gar den of C.S. Azad Uni ver sity
of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy, Kanpur dur ing 2009-11 to in ves ti gate in te grated nu tri tional
man age ment ef fects on the growth, flow er ing, fruit ing yield and qual ity of re ju ve nated ber
(Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Banarasi Ka raka. The 35 years old ber plants were headed
back with the help of hand saw af ter leaf fall dur ing mid of May of 2009. There were six
treat ments of NPK (g) viz., T
1
(200:100:50), T
2
(400:200:100), T
3
(600:300:150), T
4
(800:400:200), T
5
(1000: 500:250), T
6
(Con trol No fer til izer and ma nure) rep li cated four times
in a RBD. Tree un der all the treat ments bar ring T6 were sup ple mented with 50 kg FYM. Fer til izer
ap pli ca tion through DAP, Urea and MoP was done just af ter prun ing the trees. Ap pli ca tion of T
5
pro moted veg e ta tive growth but blos som ing, fruit set were max i mized un der T
4
where as the
per cent age of fruit drop was noted min i mum un der the low est level of NPK i.e. T
1
. The size and
weight of fruit were noted greater un der T
4
and small est size and lesser weight were noted
con trol. The fruit qual ity was aug mented su pe rior in re spect of T.S.S., ascor bic acid and lower
titratable acid ity when the trees were sup ple mented with 800gN + 400g P + 200gK + 50Kg FYM.
The same treat ment gave sig nif i cantly better har vest dur ing first year (30.08 Kg fruits).
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 38-41 (2012)
9. ECOFRIENDLY MAN AGE MENT OF STEMPHYLIUM BLIGHT (Stemphylium botryosum) OF
GAR LIC BY PLANT EX TRACT AND BIOAGENTS
Upesh Kumar
1
, Prem Naresh and S.K. Biswas
De part ment of Plant Pa thol ogy, C. S. Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy, Kanpur
1
K.V.K., Sehore (M.P.)
AB STRACT: In vi tro screen ing of six ex tract of plant spe cies viz. Azadirachta in dica, Datura
metel, Lantana camara, Par then ium hystorophorus, Ociumum spp., Argimone mexicana and
five bioagents viz. Trichoderma harzianum, T. viride, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium citrinum and
Gliocladium virens were tested against Stemphylium botryosum. Among plant ex tracts
Azadirachta in dica (66.5 per cent) and Datura metel (64.5 per cent) were the best in re strict ing
the growth of patho gen over con trol and in eval u a tion of bioagents, S. botryosum + T.
harizianum (81.2 per cent) and S. botryosum + T. viride (74.5 per cent) were sig nif i cantly
in hib ited the growth of patho gen. Un der field con di tion sup pres sion of patho gen by T.
harzianum, treat ing the gar lic cloves (0.2 per cent) along with two fo liar sprays (0.2 per cent) at
15 days in ter val found to be most ef fec tive for man age ment of this dis ease.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 42-45 (2012)
10. EVAL U A TION OF BARAMASI LEMON GERMPLASM UN DER PUNJAB CON DI TIONS
S.K. Jawandha, Nav Prem Singh, P.P.S. Gill and Karnail Singh
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, PAU, Ludhiana
Deptt. of Plant Breed ing and Ge net ics,
E-mail skjawandha@pau.edu
AB STRACT: Baramasi lemon plants are com mon found grow ing in var i ous agro-cli ma tic zones
in clud ing sub moun tain ous tract of Punjab and chance for the se lec tion of elite strains are high
due to wide ge netic di ver sity in the
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ex it ing germplasm. To as sess the ge netic vari abil ity in baramasi lemon, the fruit sam ples
col lected and ana lysed for var i ous physic-chem i cal at trib utes. A wide range of vari abil ity with
re spect to fruit at trib utes like fruit weight, rind thick ness, vi ta min C con tent and num ber of
seg ments have been re corded. This vari abil ity may pos si bly be ex ploited for the se lec tion of
su pe rior ge no types for con ser va tion, eval u a tion, uti li za tion and a source for crop im prove ment in
future breeding programme under sub tropical conditions.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 46-49 (2012)
11. EF FECT OF BIO-REG U LA TORS ON GROWTH AND YIELD PA RAM E TERS OF CAP SI CUM
CULTIVARS UN DER CON TROLLED CON DI TION
R.N. Singh, S.L. Pal, D.K. Rana, S.S. Rawat and M.S. Gusain
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Chauras Cam pus, HNB Garhwal Uni ver sity, Srinagar (Garhwal) 246 174,
Uttarakhand, In dia.
Deptt of Hor ti cul ture, R.S.M. Col lege, Dhampur (Bijnor) U.P.
AB STRACT : The in ves ti ga tion was car ried out to study the ef fect of bio-reg u la tors on growth
and yield pa ram e ters in cap si cum un der pro tected con di tion in Garhwal re gion. The in ves ti ga tion
re vealed that bio-reg u la tors spray had sig nif i cant in flu ence on growth and yield. Spray ing of NAA
@ 50ppm in creased the plant height, num ber of sec ond ary branches, leaf area, days taken for
anthesis, num ber of flow ers/plant, num ber of fruits/plant, fruit weight and yield per plot. The
max i mum height (114.38 cm) and max i mum yield (1.85 kg) per plant was found in treat ment T
3
.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 50-54 (2012)
12. EF FECT OF LOW DEN SITY POLY ETH YL ENE (LDPE) PACK AG ING AND CHEM I CALS ON
AM BI ENT STOR AGE OF KINNOW
S.K. Jawandha, P.S. Tiwan and J.S. Randhawa
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Punjab Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana14004 (Punjab), In dia
ABSTACT: Study was planned and freshly har vested kinnow fruits were washed and treated
with So dium car bon ate (2 & 3 %), Bo ric acid (2 & 3%) and packed in low den sity poly eth yl ene
(LDPE) bags with per fo ra tion and with out per fo ra tion be fore pack ag ing in CFB boxes. Fruits
were ana lysed for var i ous physico-chem i cal char ac ter is tics af ter 15, 30,45 and 60 days of
stor age. Re sults re vealed that min i mum rot ting and max i mum pal at abil ity rat ing and acid ity were
reg is tered in Bo ric acid @ 3 % + LDPE pack ag ing with per fo ra tion dur ing the en tire stor age
pe riod. TSS was found max i mum in con trol fruits, whereas min i mum phys i o log i cal loss in weight
was re corded in Bo ric acid @ 3 % +LDPE pack ag ing with out per fo ra tion. It can be con cluded
that the stor age rots can be re duced by treat ing the kinnow fruits with Bo ric acid @ 3 % +LDPE
pack ag ing with per fo ra tion and fruit health can be main tained up to 45 days at am bi ent
con di tions with out much de te ri o ra tion in qual ity.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 55-59 (2012)
13. EF FECT OF PRE-HAR VEST AP PLI CA TION OF MI CRO-NU TRI ENTS ON QUAL ITY OF
GUAVA (Psidium guajava L.) CV. SARDAR
A.K. Goswami, H.S. Shukla, Prabhat Kumar and D.S. Mishra
C.S. Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Kanpur- 208 002
Di vi sion of Fruits and Hor ti cul tural Tech nol ogy, IARI, New Delhi
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, G.B.P.U.A.&T., Pantnagar
E-mail: amitk@iari,res.in, amit.tkg@gmail.com,
AB STRACT: The pres ent in ves ti ga tion was con ducted on uni form, healthy, nine year old
bud ded trees of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Sardar. Var i ous doses of cal cium ni trate, bo ric
acid and zinc sul phate were sprayed twice i.e. 45 and 25 days be fore har vest ing and com pared
with un treated ones. Each treat ment was ap plied on two trees and rep li cated thrice in a
ran dom ized block de sign. It was ob served that the size of fruit com prises length, di am e ter,
vol ume were max i mum in fruits col lected from trees sprayed with zinc sul phate (0.4 per cent).
The max i mum weight was ob served un der 0.4 per cent bo ric acid and it was at par with zinc
sul phate at 0.4 per cent. The zinc sul phate 0.4 per cent also im proves the physico-chem i cal
pa ram e ters at har vest. Among the dif fer ent treat ments pre har vest spray of zinc sul phate at 0.4
per cent wasfound most ef fec tive for im prov ing the physico-chem i cal pa ram e ters at har vest and
pro longed the shelf-life of fruits ex hib it ing lower de gree of post-har vest losses.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 60-63 (2012)
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14. EF FECT OF ZINC, IRON AND COP PER ON YIELD PA RAM E TERS OF GLAD I O LUS
J.P. Singh, Krishna Kumar and P.N. Katiyar
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, C.S.A.U.A. & T., Kanpur
AB STRACT: An ex per i ment en ti tled Ef fect of zinc, iron and cop per on yield pa ram e ters in
glad i o lus was car ried out at, Chandra Shekhar Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy,
Kanpur dur ing the year 2010-11. The ex per i ment con sisted two lev els each of Zn (Zn
0
and Zn
1
),
Fe (Fe
0
and Fe
1
) and Cu (Cu
0
and Cu
1
) which were sprayed on glad i o lus plant. The dose of fo liar
spray of zinc, iron and cop per were 0.50%, 0.25% and 0.25%, re spec tively. Weight of corms
sig nif i cantly in creased with the ap pli ca tion of Zn and Cu (94.38 and 94.82 g, re spec tively).
Di am e ter of corms in flu enced sig nif i cantly with the ap pli ca tion of Zn, Fe and Cu (5.71, 5.77 and
5.81 cm di am e ter, re spec tively). Fo liar spray of Zn, Fe and Cu, sig nif i cantly in creased the
num ber of corms per plant. In ter ac tion be tween Zn x Fe and Zn x Cu, sig nif i cantly en hanced
num ber of corms per plant whereas, the num ber of corms per plant re vealed by Zn (1.74),
Fe(1.66) and Cu (1.68) over their re spec tive con trols. Max i mum in crease in cormels pro duc tion
per plant was in flu enced due to ap pli ca tion of zinc (44.97) fol lowed by spray of cop per (43.18)
and iron (42.11) over their re spec tive con trols.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 64-68 (2012)
15. EF FECT OF GA
3
AND IAA ON GROWTH AND FLOW ER ING OF CAR NA TION
Vijai Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Vandana Umrao and Monbir Singh
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Ch. Shivnath Singh Shandilya (P.G.) Col lege, Machhra, Meerut-250 106 (U.P.) In dia
De part ment of Ag. Bot any
E- mail:umraovk@gmail.com
AB STRACT: A field ex per i ment was con ducted to find out ef fect of plant growth promotors (GA
3
and IAA) on growth and flow er ing of car na tion un der open field con di tion of West ern Uttar
Pradesh. Four lev els of each of gibberellic acid (0, 50, 100n and 150 ppm) and IAA (0, 100, 200
and 300 ppm) were sprayed on stand ing crop of car na tion in fac to rial R.B.D. with three
rep li ca tions. Re sults re vealed that higher con cen tra tion of GA
3
(150 ppm) or IAA (300 ppm)
ap plied in di vid u ally re sponded fa vour able ef fects on most of the paramaters stud ied. The
in ter ac tion of higher lev els of both the hor mones (150 ppm GA
3
300 ppm IAA) in flu enced
sig nif i cantly to all the char ac ters ex cept no. of side shoots and diameter of stem.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 69-72 (2012)
16. EF FECT OF MICRO NUT RI ENTS SPRAY ON FRUIT DROP, FRUIT QUAL ITY AND YIELD
OF AONLA CV. BANARASI
Prakash Chandra Singh, Ritesh Singh Gangwar and Vivek Kumar Singh
1

Col lege of Ag ri cul ture, C.S. Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy Kanpur-208 002 (U.P)
1
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture
AB STRACT : An in ves ti ga tion was car ried out dur ing 2006 and 2007 to study the ef fect of bo ron
(0.1, 0.2 and 0.3%), zinc (0.2, 0.4 and 0.6%) and cop per (0.1, 0.2 and 0.3%) alongwith a con trol
on fruit drop, phys i cal pa ram e ters and yield of aonla fruits cv. Banarasi. There were ten
treat ments tried in a RBD. All the char ac ters stud ied were sig nif i cantly im proved by ap pli ca tion of
dif fer ent mi cro-el e ments and their lev els show ing vary ing de gree of their ef fi cacy. The min i mum
fruit drop (56.84 and 50.22%), max i mum length of fruit (4.01 and 4.10cm), breadth (4.31and
4.35 cm), weight (46.85 and 47.34 g) and pulp con tent (44.66 and 45.16 g) were ob tained un der
the fo liar spray of zinc. Among the three con cen tra tions, the higher level proved most ef fec tive in
re spect of all the char ac ters. Zinc at its higher con cen tra tion proved the best treat ment in
im prov ing the yield of aonla.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 73-76 (2012)
17. GENETICAL STUD IES ON ZIMIKAND (Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume.)
Sanjive Kumar Singh and S.M. Tripathi
De part ment of Veg e ta ble Sci ence
C. S. Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy Kalyanpur, Kanpur-208 024
AB STRACT: Phenotypic and genotypic co ef fi cient of vari a tion, heritability, cor re la tion co ef fi cient
and path anal y sis were es ti mated for plant height, length of leaf, stem di am e ter, equa to rial
di am e ter and corm yield per plant in zimikand (Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume). The
ex per i ment com pris ing 18 di verse ge no types have been sown in RBD with 3 rep li ca tions dur ing
2002-03 and 2003-04 at Veg e ta ble
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Reaserch Farm of C.S.Azad Uni. of Agr. & Tech.Kalyanpur, Kanpur. The anal y sis of vari ance
re vealed highly sig nif i cant dif fer ences among ge no types for all the char ac ters. High heritability
ac com pa nied with mod er ate ge netic ad vance as per cent of mean for dif fer ent char ac ters
sug gested that im prove ment in corm yield may be made through se lec tion. Phenotypic
cor re la tion co ef fi cients of all char ac ters with yield were found pos i tive and highly sig nif i cant.
Yield per plant had strong pos i tive cor re la tion with equa to rial di am e ter and stem di am e ter at
genotypic level. The path co ef fi cient re vealed max i mum di rect ef fect of equa to rial di am e ter on
yield fol lowed by length of leaf in both the years while plant height showed neg a tive di rect ef fect
on yield. Thus, the char ac ters like equa to rial di am e ter and leaf length may be con sid ered while
mak ing se lec tion for the im prove ment of yield in zimikand.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 77-79 (2012)
18. EF FECT OF GA
3
AND BA ON FRUIT WEIGHT, QUAL ITY AND RIP EN ING OF ROSE
SCENTED LI TCHI
D.S. Mishra, Prabhat Kumar and Rajesh Kumar
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Col lege of Ag ri cul ture, G.B. Pant Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy,
Pantnagar263145, U.S. Nagar, Uttarakhand
AB STRACT: An at tempt was made to study the ef fect of GA
3
and BA on rip en ing of li tchi
cultivar Rose Scented. In this at tempt, KNO
3
(4%) was sprayed at 1 cm size of pan i cle in the first
week of Feb ru ary. How ever, other treat ments viz. GA
3
(20, 40 ppm) and BA (20, 40 ppm) were
ap plied two weeks be fore ex pected date of har vest (on 15
th
May). KNO
3
(4%) ad vanced the
har vest ing date only for 2 days in com par i son to con trol. GA
3
20 and 40 ppm de layed the har vest
date for 2 and 5 days, re spec tively while BA 20 ppm and 40 ppm de layed the har vest date for 5-6
days. In all the treated trees, fruit weight was found to be more than 21g as com pared to con trol.
Higher fruit qual ity at trib utes were re corded with GA
3
(40 ppm) fol lowed by GA
3
20 ppm over
other treat ments. Re duced fruit crack ing was also ob served in trees which were sprayed with
GA
3
and BA.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 80-82 (2012)
19. COR RE LA TION STUDY FOR PHYSICO-CHEM I CAL CHAR AC TERS IN JAMUN
Vartika Srivastava
1
, Prabhat Kumar
2
and P.N. Rai
2
1
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, In sti tute of Ag ri cul tural Sci ences, Banaras Hindu Uni ver sity, Varanasi-221005
2
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, G. B. Pant Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand)
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 83-85 (2012)
20. GE NETIC VARI ABIL ITY FOR SOME MET RIC TRAITS IN STRAW BERRY (Fragaria
ananassa Duch.)
Bijay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar and Yogesh Chandra Yadav
De part ment of Ap plied Plant Sci ence (Hor ti cul ture)
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Uni ver sity,(A Cen tral Uni ver sity)Vidya-Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow-226 025
E-mail-sanjay123bhu@gmail.com
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 86-88 (2012)
21. RE SPONSE OF BO RON, ZINC AND COP PER ON QUAL ITY OF AONLA FRUITS CV.
BANARASI
Prakash Chandra Singh, Ritesh Singh Gangwar and Vivek Kumar Singh
Col lege of Ag ri cul ture, C.S.Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Kanpur208 002 (U.P.)
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 89-91 (2012)
22. SCREEN ING OF OKRA VA RI ET IES FOR RE SIS TANCE TO YEL LOW VEIN MO SAIC VI -
RUS UN DER FIELD CON DI TION
Ajay Tiwari, B. Singh, T.B. Singh, S.K. Sanval and S.D. Pandey
In dian In sti tute of Veg e ta ble Re search, Varanasi
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 92-93 (2012)
23. PAR TIC I PA TION OF FARM WOMEN IN AGRI-HOR TI CUL TURAL AC TIV I TIES IN RU RAL
AREA OF DELHI
Manoj Kumar Pandey
1
and Himanshu Pandey
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ujwa, New Delhi-110 073,
1
K.V.K., Deoria
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 1(1) : 94-95 (2012)
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