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HORTFLORA RESEARCH SPECTRUM ISSN : 2250-2823
Volume 2(1), January-March, 2013
Contents
1. Effect of in-situ moisture conservation on plant growth
and nutrient uptake in aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn)
in sloppy degraded lands
R.S. Negi, B.S. Baghel, A.K. Gupta and Y.K. Singh 1-7
2. Response of cauliflower growth and development under
water scarcity conditions in temperature zone
P.S. Kashyap 8-13
3. Production and marketing of Mushroom in Kanpur Nagar
district of Uttar Pradesh
B.S. Sachan, Keshvendra Singh, Neeraj Kumar and
Jitendra Kumar
14-19
4. Changes in baking and sensory properties of wheat bread
and muffins with the addition of grapes
Suresh Bhise, Amarjeet Kaur and Poonam Aggarwal 20-24
5. Effect of gibberellic acid on periodical changes in
bio-chemical composition of ber cv. Umran
Rachna and Sukhdev Singh 25-29
6. Effct of IBA concentration on inducing rooting in stem
cuttings of Thuja compecta under mist house condition
K.K. Singh, J.M.S. Rawat, Y.K. Tomar and
Prabhat Kumar
30-34
7. Effect of some indigenous plant extracts on the inhibition
of egg hatching of nematode Melodiogyne incognita
Chitwood infesting mulbery
N. Vijaya Kumari and M. Lakshmi Devi 35-39
8. Influence of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers with
nitrogen sources on floral parameters of tuberose
(Polianthes tuberosa L.)
A.P.S. Gangwar, J.P. Singh and Indra Pal Singh 40-44
9. Effect of low poly-tunnel on the growth, yield and
harvesting span of sweet pepper
Kulbir Singh, Rajinder Singh, D.S. Khurana and
Jaswinder Singh
45-49
10. Performance of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) hybrids in
agro-climatic conditions of Allahabad
Jitendra Kumar Patel, Vijay Bahadur, Devi Singh, V.M.
Prasad and S.B. Rangare
50-55
11. Varietal reaction of rose against black spot caused by
Diplocarpon rosae Wolf. in Arunachal Pradesh
Sunil Kumar, R.C. Shakywar, K.S. Tomar and M. Pathak 56-59
12. Effect of graded levels of nitrogen on production of
flower, oil and bulb of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.)
Avinash C. Rathore and J.N. Singh 60-63
13. Response of organic manures on growth and yield of
mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Dashehari
Mohit Kumar and Rajesh Kumar 64-67
14. Effect of different packaging films on shelf life and
quality of pear fruits under super market conditions
B.V.C. Mahajan, Nav Prem Singh and Mahesh Kumar 68-71
15. Review on biological control of soil borne fungi in
vegetable crops
Ramesh Singh and N.S. Sachan 72-76
16. Effect of micronutrients and plant growth regulators on
fruiting of Litchi
Amit Dixit, S.S. Shaw and Virendra Pal 77-80
17. Effect of IBA and NAA concentrations on rooting in stem
cuttings of night queen (Cestrum nocturnum L.) under
sub-tropical valley conditions
K.K. Singh, V. Rawat, J.M.S. Rawat, Y.K. Tomar and
Prabhat Kumar
81-83
18. Performance of Cabbage hybrids under rainfed mid-hill
conditions of Uttarakhand
Sanjay Pathak, Chandan Kumar, S.P. Uniyal and
Lalit Bhatt
84-86
19. Impact of micronutrient spray on growth, yield and quality
of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill)
H.M. Singh and Jitendra Kumar Tiwari 87-89
20. Effect of natural and chemical floral preservatives on the
vase life of Dendrobium hybrid sonia-17
Prathamesh Vaidya and John P. Collis 90-92
HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1): Jan.-March 2013 (AB STRACTS) ISSN : 2250-2823
1. EF FECT OF IN-SITU MOIS TURE CON SER VA TION ON PLANT GROWTH AND NU TRI ENT
UP TAKE IN AONLA (Emblica officinalis Gaertn) IN SLOPPY DE GRADED LANDS
R.S. Negi
1
, B.S. Baghel
2
, A.K. Gupta
3*
and Y.K. Singh
4
1
Deendayal Re search In sti tute, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Satna (MP)-485 331
2
Col lege of Hor ti cul ture, JNKVV, Mandsour (MP)
3,4
Ma hatma Gan dhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot.
*Email : drak.gupta108@gmail.com
AB STRACT: A field ex per i ment was con ducted in Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Deendayal Re search
In sti tute, Satna for two con sec u tive years to eval u ate the ef fect of var i ous in- situ mois ture
con ser va tion mea sures on es tab lish ment and growth of aonla in sloppy de graded lands. In-situ
mois ture con ser va tion mea sures in cluded for the study were prep a ra tion of cir cu lar ring ba sin +
mulch ing the ba sin with black poly thene, stag gered con tour trench ing 45 cm width and 3 m
length) on up per side of the plant ba sin, place ment of one sub merged pitcher in one side of the
plant for rain wa ter har vest ing, set ting the seed ling in a de pres sion of 1 m width and 15 cm deep,
sur rounded by a ring-shaped ridge with 25 cm width and 15 cm height and a 30 cm open ing on
the higher side to har vest rain wa ter + fill ing the de pres sion with straw + mulch ing with black
poly thene and con trol (no mi cro- catch ment or mulch). The data on growth pa ram e ters (scion
shoot length and di am e ter; num ber of branchlet, num ber of leaves, leaf area, fresh and dry
weight of shoots and roots) and nu tri ent con tent of leaves of budlings un der the five treat ments
were re corded. The re sults re vealed that plant ing one month old poly thene raised seed lings in a
pit de pres sion of 1 m width and 15 cm deep, sur rounded by a ring-shaped ridge with 25 cm width
and 15 cm height and a 30 cm open ing on the higher side to har vest rain wa ter and fill ing the
de pres sion with straw and cov er ing the pit with black poly thene and per form ing patch bud ding
next year dur ing end of June, which re sulted in max i mum budling growth, and nu tri ents up take
ob served to be the best in situ mois ture con ser va tion method and may be rec om mended for
re ha bil i ta tion of de graded sloppy lands.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 1-7 (2013)
2. RE SPONSE OF CAU LI FLOWER GROWTH AND DE VEL OP MENT
UN DER WA TER SCAR CITY CON DI TIONS IN TEM PER ATE ZONE
P.S. Kashyap*
De part ment of Soil & Wa ter Con ser va tion En gi neer ing
G. B. Pant Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy, Pantnagar263 145
*E-mail: pskashyap@ya hoo.com
AB STRACT : The study was car ried out at the Col lege of For estry & Hill Ag ri cul ture, Hill
Cam pus, Ranichauri, Uttarakhand. Soil mois ture con tent was mea sured us ing gravimetric
method pe ri od i cally in 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60 cm soil pro files. Field ex per i ments were
con ducted on cau li flower (Bras sica oleracea) crop dur ing 2007-08 and 2008-09. The crop was
trans planted in Oc to ber and har vested in Feb ru ary span ning 100 and 99 days, re spec tively. Four
ir ri ga tion treat ments were main tained based on the max i mum al low able de ple tion (MAD) of
avail able soil wa ter. The treat ments were 15% (T
1
), 30% (T
2
), 45% (T
3
) and 60% (T
4
) max i mum
al low able de ple tion of avail able soil wa ter. No wa ter stress was main tained at the ini tial stages of
the crop de vel op ment in or der to al low the plants at tain a healthy growth. Results re vealed that
ir ri ga tion sched ule with 45% max i mum al low able de ple tion of avail able soil wa ter gave the
max i mum wa ter use ef fi ciency for cau li flower crop. It was found that for sched ul ing of ir ri ga tion
for cau li flower crop 0-30 cm soil pro file should be con sid ered as most of the wa ter was found to
be ex tracted from this layer by the plant..
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 8-13 (2013)
3. PRO DUC TION AND MAR KET ING OF MUSH ROOM IN KANPUR NAGAR DIS TRICT OF
UTTAR PRADESH
B.S. Sachan
1
, Keshvendra Singh
2
, Neeraj Kumar
2
and Jitendra Kumar
1
Deptt. of Ag ri cul tural Eco nom ics, C.S. Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Kanpur
Deptt. of Ag ri cul tural Eco nom ics, B.N.V. Col lege Rath, Hamirpur, U.P.
AB STRACT: The pres ent study was con ducted in Kanpur Nagar dis trict of Uttar pradesh with 60
mush room grow ers se lected from five vil lages and cat e go rized as small, me dium and large
based on wheat straw used by them mainly to study the mar ket ing prac tices and chan nels
in volved in the mar ket ing of mush room and to es ti mate the se lect ing costs, mar gins and price
spread. The study re veals that women co-op er a tive so ci ety was the most im por tant agency in
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the mar ket ing of mush room. Av er age quan tity sold on per form ba sis was 6.17 quin tals. Half of
the pro ducer sell ers pre ferred to sell mush room in 1 to 2 quin tals size plot. Mush room quan tity
(about 66 per cent) of mush room was sold with in the vil lage by ma jor ity of pro ducer-sell ers
(about 70 per cent). Three chan nels were iden ti fied in the mar ket ing of mush room. Pro ducers
share in con sumers ru pee was the high est (98.53 per cent) in chan nel-1 (farmer-con sumer).
Re tailer earned to max i mum mar ket ing mar gin (12.89 per cent) in the mar ket ing of mush room
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 14-19 (2013)
4. CHANGES IN BAK ING AND SEN SORY PROP ER TIES OF WHEAT BREAD AND MUF FINS
WITH THE AD DI TION OF GRAPES
Suresh Bhise*, Amarjeet Kaur and Poonam Aggarwal
De part ment of Food Sci ence & Tech nol ogy
Punjab Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana-141004
*E-mail: sureshbhise_cft@ya hoo.co.in
AB STRACT: Grape juice res i due i.e. peel and seeds were dried in a cab i net drier at 60oC for 5
hours. Dried grape peel and seed pow der were uti lized in the bread and muf fins, which were
found to be rich in to tal phe no lic com pounds, anthocyanins and ascor bic acid. On ad di tion of
grape peel and seed pow der to the bread at 2 per cent and 4 per cent in each there was in crease
in weight, vol ume, spe cific vol ume. The shelf life of bread with grape peel and seed pow der was
more than con trol. The ap pear ance, col our, tex ture and taste of bread and muf fins with grape
peel and seed pow der was more eye ap peal ing than con trol with higher sen sory scores.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 20-24 (2013)
5. EF FECT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID ON PE RI OD I CAL CHANGES IN BIO-CHEM I CAL COM -
PO SI TION OF BER CV. UMRAN
Rachna* and Sukhdev Singh
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Fac ulty of Ag ri cul ture and For estry,
Khalsa Col lege, Amritsar-143003, Punjab
*E-mail: deepak_veg@rediffmail.com
AB STRACT: The pres ent stud ies aimed at eval u at ing the ef fects of vary ing doses of GA
3
on the
bio-chem i cal changes of ber fruit dur ing de vel op ment. GA
3
@ 10, 30 and 50 ppm was ap plied at
fruit set stage and then su per im posed one month there af ter. The pe ri od i cal bio-chem i cal
anal y ses of de vel op ing ber fruits re vealed that to tal sol u ble sol ids con cen tra tion in creases
max i mum dur ing ini tial stages of fruit de vel op ment i.e. be tween in ter val of 25 to 50 days of GA
3
ap pli ca tion while to tal sug ars and ascor bic acid in crease and acid ity de creases as the fruit
reaches ma tu rity i.e. be tween 75 to 100 days of GA
3
ap pli ca tion. The GA
3
50 ppm dose re sulted
in max i mum ex pres sion of acid ity, to tal sug ars and ascor bic acid at fi nal har vest of ber. Thus it is
im pli cated that GA
3
ap pli ca tion is ben e fi cial in im prov ing fla vour and taste of ber.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 25-29 (2013)
6. EF FECT OF IBA CON CEN TRA TION ON IN DUC ING ROOT ING IN STEM CUT TINGS OF
Thuja compecta UN DER MIST HOUSE CON DI TION
K.K. Singh*, J.M.S. Rawat, Y.K. Tomar and Prabhat Kumar
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Chauras Cam pus, HNB Garhwal Cen tral Uni ver sity, Srinagar (Garhwal) 246174,
Uttarakhand, In dia
*E-mail : forekrishna@gmail.com
AB STRACT:The ex per i ment was car ried out in ran dom ized block de sign at Hor ti cul tural
Re search Cen tre, Chauras Cam pus, HNB Garhwal Uni ver sity Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand,
In dia. Soft wood cut tings of T. compecta were col lected from 3 to 4 year old plants and 15 cm
long cut tings with api cal por tion. The cut tings were treated with 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5g L
-1
IBA so lu tions
by quick dip method. Vermicompost was used as the root ing me dia. The tem per a ture of the
vermicompost was 26 2C. Ex per i ment was con ducted in the mist house. Among all the
treat ments, high est num ber of root per cut ting (19.67) was re corded un der 5g L
-1
IBA
con cen tra tion. The max i mum length of roots per cut ting (9.33 cm) was re corded un der 2g L
-1
IBA
con cen tra tion. The max i mum di am e ter of root per cut ting (0.20 cm) was ob served in 4g L
-1
and
5g L
-1
IBA con cen tra tion. Max i mum (82.70%) roots per rooted cut ting was ob served in 5g L
-1
IBA
con cen tra tion. The min i mum (23.67 days) taken to cal lus for ma tion was no ticed in 4g L
-1
IBA
con cen tra tion. .
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 30-34 (2013)

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7. EF FECT OF SOME IN DIG E NOUS PLANT EX TRACTS ON THE IN HI BI TION OF EGG
HATCH ING OF NEM A TODE Meloidogyne In cog nita Chitwood IN FEST ING MUL BERRY
N. Vijaya Kumari* and M. Lakshmi Devi
De part ment of Seri cul ture, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati-517 502, Andhra Pradesh
*E-mail: vijji nelaballe@ya hoo.co.in
AB STRACT: Root knot dis ease caused by the nem a tode Meloidogyne in cog nita is one of the
ma jor dis eases of Mul berry, Morus spp. which causes ma jor re duc tion in yield af fect ing both
qual ity as well as quan tity of leaves and fruits. Plants pro duce a high di ver sity of sec ond ary
me tab o lites for self de fense and sur vival in their hab i tat. Some of the plants are known to be
in hib it ing the de vel op ment of the nem a todes. The pres ent study was car ried out to screen the
lo cally avail able plants for their nematicidal ac tiv ity. Twelve plants spe cies were se lected and
meth a nol ex tracts with dif fer ent con cen tra tions (25, 50, 75 and 100%) of dif fer ent plants were
tested for in hi bi tion of hatch ing of M. in cog nita egg and ju ve nile mor tal ity in dif fer ent du ra tions.
The plant ex tracts of Neem, Clitoria ternatea and Passiflora foetida were re corded to be highly
ef fec tive for in hi bi tion of hatch ing of egg and in creas ing ju ve nile mor tal ity of M. in cog nita. Which
will be im mense help ful to re duce the qual i ta tive and quan ti ta tive loss of mul berry leaf and fruit
with eco-friendly plant ex tract.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 35-39 (2013)
8. IN FLU ENCE OF NI TRO GEN AND PHOS PHO RUS FER TIL IZ ERS WITH NI TRO GEN
SOURCES ON FLO RAL PA RAM E TERS OF TUBEROSE (Polianthes tuberosa L.)
A.P.S. Gangwar*, J.P. Singh and Indra Pal Singh
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Chandra Sekhar Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Kanpur (U.P.)
*E-mail : gangwarajai7@gmail.com.
AB STRACT: An ex per i ment was laid out dur ing two con sec u tive years in Hor ti cul ture gar den of
Chandra Shekhar Azad Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy Kanpur. There were three
ni trog e nous sources viz. urea, am mo nium sul phate and cal cium am mo nium ni trate, four lev els of
ni tro gen viz. 0, 50,100 and 150 kg/ha and four lev els of phos pho rus viz. 0,100,200 and 300
kg/ha, thus a to tal of fourty treat ments were taken. The re sults showed that emer gence of skipe
un der the in flu ence of N sources ranged from 97.27-98.35 and 95.58-97.91 days dur ing first and
sec ond year of study. Cal cium am mo nium ni trate caused 1.08 and 2.33 days ear lier spike
emer gence than urea treat ment. Ni tro gen ap plied@ 150kg/ha proved more ef fec tive in de lay ing
spike emer gence but 300kg/ha phos pho rus in duced ear li est emer gence. Length and width of
spikes was im proved with am mo nium sul phate fol lowed by CAN re corded 78.19 and 80.99 cm
long and 0.88 and 0.90 cm thick spikes, re spec tively. Ni tro gen ap plied @150 kg/ha caused
78.16 and 81.14 cm length of spike and 0.88 and 0.89 cm thick spikes in first and sec ond year,
re spec tively. Length of rachis was reg is tered 1.45 and 1.65 cm lon ger un der am mo nium
sul phate. 150 kg ni tro gen per hect are max i mized length of rachis (26.74,27.85 cm) whereas,
phos pho rus @ 300kg/ha re vealed max i mum (26.26 and 27.38 cm) length of rachis. Num ber of
flower max i mum in flu enced by CAN re vealed 39.69 and 40.83 flow ers dur ing both years.
Ni tro gen @ 150kg/ha max i mized (40.80 and 41.20) num ber of flow ers. Fer til iza tion with cal cium
am mo nium ni trate ex hib ited lon gest blos som ing du ra tion. Du ra bil ity of spike in creased
con sis tently with in crease in ni tro gen lev els up to 150/ha dose re cord ing 21.41, 22.39 days
du ra tion dur ing both ex per i men tal years. Phosphrous @ 200kg pro longed self life by 3.46 and
2.67 days when com pared with con trol reg is ter ing 20.89 and 22.33 days du ra bil ity.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 40-44 (2013)
9. EF FECT OF LOW POLY-TUN NEL ON THE GROWTH, YIELD AND HAR VEST ING SPAN OF
SWEET PEP PER
Kulbir Singh*, Rajinder Singh, D. S. Khurana and Jaswinder Singh
De part ment of Veg e ta ble Sci ence, Punjab Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana *E-mail: kulbirpawar@pau.edu
AB STRACT: To study the im pact of low plas tic tun nel on the per for mance of bell pep per, an
ex per i ment was con ducted from 2004-05 to 2006-07 at veg e ta ble ex per i men tal area, Punjab
Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana. The treat ments con sisted of trans plant ing of bell pep per dur ing
No vem ber un der low plas tic per fo rated tun nel, low plas tic non per fo rated tun nel, with out
pro tec tion and Feb ru ary trans plant ing in open field. The re sults clearly in di cated that early yield
(68.7q/ha), to tal yield (278.2 q/ha), fruit num ber per plant (18.9), plant height (49.44 cm), fruit
girth (33.17 cm) and har vest ing span (93 days) were sig nif i cantly more in low plas tic non
per fo rated tun nel as com pared to un pro tected and Feb ru ary trans planted crops. However
average fruit weight was at par in all the treatments.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 45-49 (2013)
10. PER FOR MANCE OF CU CUM BER
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(Cucumis sativus L.) HY BRIDS IN AGRO-CLI MA TIC CON DI TIONS OF ALLAHABAD
Jitendra Kumar Patel*, Vijay Ba ha dur, Devi Singh, V. M. Prasad and S. B. Rangare
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Allahabad School of Ag ri cul ture, Sam Higginbottom In sti tute of
Ag ri cul ture, Tech nol ogy and Sci ences, Allahabad (U.P.)
*E-mail: jitendrakumarpatelbanda@gmail.com
AB STRACT: Twenty cu cum ber hy brids were eval u ated for growth, yield and fruit qual ity traits in
Allahabad agroclimic con di tions. The study re vealed that the hy brid Garima Super re corded
high est vine length (249.17 cm), num ber of branches per vine (11.42), num ber of male flow ers
(206.33) and fe male flow ers (29.17) per vine, num ber of fruits per vine (13.83), fruit weight
(168.33 g), fruit length (168.33 cm), fruit di am e ter (4.03 cm), fruit yield (2.24 kg/ vine and 36.24 t
ha
-1
), TSS (5.50 Brix), vi ta min C con tent (7.28 mg/100 g) and organoleptic scores for var i ous
fruit qual ity traits while, the low est days to ap pear ance first male flower (31.92) and fe male flower
(35.83), node num ber at which first male flower (3.42) and fe male flower (4.83) ap peared and
days to first fruit har vest (44.83) were ob served in same hy brid. Hy brid Garima Super was found
su pe rior based on the over all per for mance of dif fer ent cu cum ber hy brids for growth, yield, qual ity
char ac ters and eco nomic re turns for cul ti va tion of cu cum ber un der Allahabad con di tions.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 50-55 (2013)
11. VA RI ETAL RE AC TION OF ROSE AGAINST BLACK SPOT CAUSED BY Diplocarpon rosae
Wolf. IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Sunil Kumar*, R.C.Shakywar, K.S.Tomar and M.Pathak
Col lege of Hor ti cul ture and For estry, Cen tral Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Pasighat -791102, Arunachal Pradesh
*E-mail: sunu159@ya hoo.co.in
AB STRACT: Va ri etal re ac tion trial was con ducted at In struc tional farm, De part ment of
Flori cul ture, Col lege of Hor ti cul ture and For estry, Cen tral Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Pasighat,
Arunachal Pradesh dur ing April 2011 to March 2012. Out of the thirty seven rose va ri et ies
eval u ated un der open con di tion none were found highly re sis tant or re sis tant. Three va ri et ies
namely Par a dise, Shabnam and Pixie were mod er ately re sis tant. Eleven va ri et ies namely
An gel ica Rinae, Atago, Folk lore, Granada, Hot Co coa, Mardigras, Mi das Touch, Mrinalini,
Re vival, Tipus flame and Vic tor hugo were re corded mod er ately sus cep ti ble. Twelve va ri et ies
viz., Baccardi, Claudia Ribond, Charies Mallerier, Crim son Lace, Dr. Pal, Im pa tient, Madam
Dulbourde, Marcopolo, Mel ody, Rain bow End, Sonia and Sugandha gave sus cep ti ble re ac tion.
Eleven va ri et ies viz., Angelique, Christiandior, Gem ini, Glad i a tor, Golden Ju bi lee, Priyadarsini,
Sand, Centaury, R. R. M. Roy, Sweet Prom ise, Unforgotten and Vale of Cloyd were re corded
highly sus cep ti ble re ac tion against black spot of rose in cited by Diplocarpon rosae Wolf.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 56-59 (2013)
12. EF FECT OF GRADED LEV ELS OF NI TRO GEN ON PRO DUC TION OF FLOWER, OIL AND
BULB OF TUBEROSE (Polianthes tuberosa L.)
Avinash C. Rathore* and J. N. 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
Pres ent ad dress: Cen tral Soil and Wa ter Con ser va tion Re search and Train ing In sti tute, 2 Kaulagarh Road,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
*E-mail: rathoreac@gmail.com
AB STRACT: A field ex per i ment was con ducted to de ter mine the ef fect of dif fer ent lev els of
ni tro gen on flow er ing, es sen tial oil and bulb pro duc tion in tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L. cv
Rajat Rekha). Four treat ments of graded level of ni tro gen as (N
0
=0, N
1
=120, N
2
= 220 and N
3
=
320 kg/ha
-1
) were eval u ated un der hot sub trop i cal cli ma tic con di tions on loamy soils. Ap pli ca tion
of graded level of ni tro gen sig nif i cantly in creased the num ber of leaves / clump (20.47%), plant
height (37.35%), leaf area (32.86%), spike length (35.25%), num ber of flo rets / spike (43.23%)
and flower yield / clump (93.03%) in N
3
as com pared to con trol, N
1
and N
2
, re spec tively. Ni tro gen
ap pli ca tion @ 220 kg ha
-1
re duced days to flow er ing (by 13.36%), in creased vase life (by 17.57
%), en hanced es sen tial oil (by 0.128 %) and in creased to tal bulb yield (by 66.94%, 34.01%) and
3.97% over con trol, N
2
and N
3
, re spec tively.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 60-63 (2013)
13. RE SPONSE OF OR GANIC MA -
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NURES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MANGO (Mangifera in dica L.) CV. DASHEHARI
Mohit Kumar and Rajesh Kumar*
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, G. B. Pant Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy, Pantnagar 263 145
(Uttarakhand)
*E-mail: kamboj783@ya hoo.com
AB STRACT: The pres ent in ves ti ga tion was car ried out at Hor ti cul ture Re search Cen tre,
Patharchatta, G. B. Pant Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Pantnagar. The ex per i ment
was laid out with thir teen treat ments and three rep li ca tion in Ran dom ized Block De sign.
Max i mum tree height was ob served with the ap pli ca tion of poul try ma nure 25 kg per tree,
whereas, max i mum tree girth was re corded with ap pli ca tion of neem cake 30 kg per tree dur ing
both the years. Min i mum num ber of fruits and fruit yield (kg) per tree was re corded in con trol,
while max i mum num ber of fruits and fruit yield (kg) per tree with ap pli ca tion of 75 kg
vermicompost per tree dur ing both the years. Ap pli ca tion of dif fer ent or ganic ma nures on mango
trees is use ful for im prov ing the growth and yield char ac ter is tics.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 64-67 (2013)
14. EF FECT OF DIF FER ENT PACK AG ING FILMS ON SHELF LIFE AND QUAL ITY OF PEAR
FRUITS UN DER SUPER MAR KET CON DI TIONS
B.V.C. Mahajan, Nav Prem Singh* and Mahesh Kumar
Punjab Hor ti cul tural Postharvest Tech nol ogy Cen tre,
De part ment of Fruit Sci ence, P.A.U., Ludhiana 141 004
*E-mail: navpremsingh@pau.edu
AB STRACT: Pear fruits cv. Patharnakh were har vested at phys i o log i cal ma ture stage, packed
in pa per moulded tray and tightly wrapped with dif fer ent pack ag ing films viz. Low den sity
poly eth yl ene (LDPE), High den sity poly eth yl ene ( HDPE), and Shrink. The film-packed fruits and
con trol (with out film pack ag ing) were stored un der super-mar ket con di tions i.e. 20-21C and
85-90% RH and an a lyzed for var i ous physico-chem i cal pa ram e ters af ter ev ery 7 days in ter val.
Shrink film proved to be most ef fec tive in ex tend ing the stor age life of pear fruits up to three
weeks and main tained su pe rior qual ity as in di cated by lower weight loss, de sir able fruit firm ness,
to tal sol u ble sol ids, to tal sug ars, acid ity, and higher organoleptic score..
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 68-71 (2013)
15. RE VIEW ON BI O LOG I CAL CON TROL OF SOIL BORNE FUNGI IN VEG E TA BLE CROPS
Ramesh Singh* and N.S. Sachan
De part ment of Plant Pa thol ogy, T. D. (P.G.) Col lege, Jaunpur
Oil Seed Sec tion , C.S.A. Univ. of Agri. & Tech., Kanpur
*E-mail: ramesh.ramesh.singh37@gmail.com
AB STRACT : Bi o log i cal con trol in volves the use of ben e fi cial or gan ism, their gens, and/ or
prod ucts, such as me tab o lites, that re duce the neg a tive ef fect of plant patho gen and pro mote
pos i tive re sponse by the plant. Dis ease sup pres sion, a med i cated by bio-con trol agents, is the
con se quences of the in ter ac tions be tween the plant, patho gen and mi cro bial com mu nity.
Mycoparasitism, spa tial and nu tri ent com pe ti tion, antibiosis by en zymes and sec ond ary
me tab o lites and in duc tion of plant de fense sys tem are typ i cal bio-con trol ac tion of these fungi.
Faster met a bolic rates, anti-mi cro bial me tab o lites and phys i o log i cal con for ma tion are key
fac tors which chiefly con trib utes to an tag o nism. V.A. Mycorrhizae play ma jor role in bi o log i cal
con trol of plant dis eases ow ing to their ca pa bil i ties of amelioration crop yields by multiple role as
bio-pesticides and plant growth promotion.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 72-76 (2013)
16. EF FECT OF MICRO NUT RI ENTS AND PLANT GROWTH REG U LA TORS ON FRUIT ING
OF LI TCHI
Amit Dixit*, S.S. Shaw and Virendra Pal
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Col lege of Ag ri cul ture, Indira Gan dhi Krishi Vishwavidayalaya, Raipur
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bagpat (S.V.P. Univ. of Agri. & Tech., Meerut)
*E-mail: amitdixit1872@ya hoo.com
AB STRACT: The pres ent in ves ti ga tion was con ducted in the li tchi or chard of the Farm Area of
R.M.D., Col lege of Ambikapur in the year 2007 to 2009 to as sess the ef fect of micro nut ri ents and
growth reg u la tors on fruit ing in Li tchi cv. Ambika Li tchi -1. The ap pli ca tion of bo rax 0.4 per cent
re sulted in max i mum fruit set (41.20%), fruit re ten tion (22.60%), size of fruit (4.10 cm 3.10 cm),
num ber of fruits per tree (4625), weight of in di vid ual fruit (21.05 g) and fruit yield (92.85 kg/tree).
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GA
3
10 ppm also was found ef fec tive treat ment to in crease fruit set, fruit re ten tion and size of
fruit. GA
3
20 ppm pro duce max i mum num ber of fruit/tree and yield. In ter ac tion be tween bo rax
0.4 per cent and GA
3
20 ppm ex hib ited in max i mum re ten tion of fruit and fruit yield. Max i mum
fruit crack ing of 13 per cent was ob served in bo rax 0.4 per cent..
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 77-80 (2013)
17. EF FECT OF IBA AND NAA CON CEN TRA TIONS ON ROOT ING IN STEM CUT TINGS OF
NIGHT QUEEN (Ces trum nocturnum L) UN DER SUB-TROP I CAL VAL LEY CON DI TIONS
K.K. Singh*, V. Rawat, J. M. S. Rawat, Y. K. Tomar and Prabhat Kumar
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Chauras Cam pus, HNB Garhwal Uni ver sity, Srinagar (Garhwal) 246174,
Uttarakhand, In dia
*E-mail: forekrishna@gmail.com
AB STRACT: The ex per i ment was car ried out in sim ple ran dom ized block de sign the dif fer ent
length stem cut tings of Ces trum nocturnum were treated with IBA and NAA so lu tions at 100, 200
and 300 mg L
-1
by soak ing method. Among all the treat ments, num ber of sprouted cut tings and
root ing per cent (76.53), length of the roots/cut ting (23.76 cm), fresh weight (6.06 g) and dry
weight (1.33 g) of roots were higher in IBA 100 mg L
-1
. While the max i mum length of
sprout/cut ting (190.00 cm) was in IBA 300 mg L
-1
and high est num ber of roots/cut ting (91.00)
was re corded in NAA 300 mg L
-1
treat ment.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 81-83 (2013)
18. PER FOR MANCE OF CAB BAGE HY BRIDS UN DER RAINFED MID-HILL CON DI TIONS OF
UTTARAKHAND
Sanjay Pathak, Chandan Kumar*, S.P. Uniyal and Lalit Bhatt
De part ment of Veg e ta ble Sci ence, G.B. Pant Uni ver sity of Agri. & Tech., Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, In sti tute of Ag ri cul tural Sci ences, BHU, Varanasi-221 005
*E-mail: chandankumarveg.sc@gmail.com
AB STRACT: The pooled data in di cated con sid er able vari a tion for veg e ta tive char ac ters,
amongst which the max i mum leaf area (1022.71 cm
2
) was ob served in Varun, while the hy brid T
-50 top ranked with re spect to num ber of wrap per leaves (14.98) and plant spread (68.56 cm).
Golden Acre, an open pol li nated check va ri ety, took min i mum num ber of days to ma tu rity (44
days from trans plant ing). Best qual ity and yield pa ram e ters viz., the max i mum ascor bic acid
con tent (139.53 mg/100 g) and head size (515.05 cm
2
) were re corded in Blue Di a mond and
NBH-Arun, re spec tively, whereas, T-50 mea sured the max i mum head weight (2.106 Kg) and
yield (801.19 q/ha).
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 84-86 (2013)
19. IM PACT OF MICRONUTRIENT SPRAY ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUAL ITY OF
TO MATO (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill)
H.M.Singh* and Jitendra Kumar Tiwari
Na tional Hor ti cul tural Re search and De vel op ment Foun da tionKota
*E-mail:-hmsingh1983@ya hoo.com; jktiwari17@ya hoo.in
AB STRACT: The pres ent ex per i ment com prised of five lev els of micronutrient and two lev els of
con cen tra tion. The max i mum plant height, num ber of leaves per plant, num ber of flow ers per
plant, num ber of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plot, T.S.S. % and ascor bic acid (mg/100g) were
found with the ap pli ca tion of T
8
(Bo ric acid + Zinc sul phate + Cop per sul phate @ 250 ppm each).
The max i mum to tal sugar (%) was found un der T
0
(Con trol).
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 87-89 (2013)
20. EF FECT OF NAT U RAL AND CHEM I CAL FLO RAL PRE SER VA TIVES ON THE VASE LIFE
OF DEN DRO BIUM HY BRID SONIA-17
Prathamesh Vaidya* and John P. Collis
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Sam Higginbottom In sti tute of Ag ri cul ture, Tech nol ogy and Sci ences,
Allahabad-211007(U.P.)
*E-mail: pratham1828746@gmail.com
AB STRACT: Ob ser va tions on vase life and bud open ing of cut flow ers of Den dro bium cv.
Sonia-17 as in flu enced by flo ral pre ser va tives re vealed that max i mum vase life (37.33 days),
flower di am e ter (8.14 cm), num ber of flo rets open at a time (7.30) and lon gest bloom ing pe riod
were re corded with 75 ppm HQC + 75 ppm AgNO
3
+ 2% sucrose.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(1) : 90-92 (2013)
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