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CONTENTS

1. Role of Ma jor Nu tri ents (NPK) in Flower Crops : A

ReviewG. Madhuri, B. Babu Rao and P. Neelima 69-76

2. Bi ol ogy and Eco-friendly Man age ment of 28-Spot tedLady Bee tle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctataFabr.)–A Se ri ous Pest of Brin jal

Arti Katiyar, Vijai Kumar and K.D. Verma 77-81

3. An Eco nomic As sess ment of Ba nana Pro duc tion in

Bhagalpur dis trict of Bihar

Priyanka Kumari, Nasim Ahmad and M.K.Wadhwani

82-87

4. Flo ral Bi ol ogy Stud ies in Guava (Psidium guajava L.)Ge no types

Banoth Shiva 88-92

5. Op ti mi za tion of Pro to col for Min i miz ing in-vi troCon tam i na tion of Em bryo Cul tured Peach (Pru nus persica L.)

A.S. Sundouri, Harminder Singh, AnirudhThakur and Dimpy Raina

93-96

6. Physico-Chem i cal and Mor pho log i cal Eval u a tion ofGuava (Psidium guajava L.) Ge no types un der Tarai

Con di tions.

Jitendra Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, ShaileshTripathi and Vijay Pratap Singh

97-101

7. Prev a lence of Cit rus Dis eases in Dif fer ent Agro-Cli ma tic

Zones of Punjab

Anita Arora 102-105

8. Physico-Chem i cal Changes Dur ing Growth, Ma tu rity andRip en ing in Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk) cv. Gola andChhuhara

V.K. Asati, K. P Singh and A. K. Goswami 106-109

9. Growth and Yield of Aloe (Aloe barbadensis M.) as

In flu enced by Har vest Dates

Bijit Kumar Saud and Urbashi Hazarika 110-113

10. Ef fect of Dif fer ent Or ganic Ma nures and Bio-fer til iz ers onGrowth and Yield of Okra and Nu tri ent Uptake

V. V. Appa Rao, Sanjay Singh and S. Raja 114-118

11. Per for mance of Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.)Cultivars Grown for Spikes un der West ern Uttar PradeshCon di tions

Virendra Pal, K.P. Singh, Ashish Tyagi,Anant Kumar and Omvir Singh

119-121

12. Fruit Pro duc tion and Bio chem i cal As pects of Seeds ofEuryale ferox Salisb. un der ex-situ Con di tions

Amit Kumar, I.S. Singh, Ramesh Kumar, V.N. Jha, A. K. Thakur and Anil Kumar

122-124

13. Ef fect of Stage of Ma tu rity and Method of Dry ing onBio-Chem i cal and Organoleptic At trib utes of Ber(Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) Fruits

V.K. Asati, K. P Singh and A. K. Goswami 125-127

14. Re sponse of Bulb Size on Veg e ta tive Growth, Flow er ingand Bulb Pro duc tion in Tuberose (Polianthes Tuberosa L.) cv. Phule Rajani

Krishan P. Singh, Tarak N. Saha and P.Hollajer

128–130

15. Ef fect of NPK on Plant Growth and Flow er ing ofAm a ryl lis bel la donna

Rohit Kumar Sharma, S. Saravanan andSunita Kumari

131-133

16. Ef fect of Mulch ing on the Growth and Yield of On ion (Allium cepa L.)

S. K. Singh, Sanjay Kumar2 and SubashChand

134-136

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HortFlora Research Spectrum ISSN: 2250-2823


HortFlora Research Spectrum, 6(2) : (June 2017) ISSN : 2250-2823

1. Role of Ma jor Nu tri ents (NPK) in Flower Crops : A Re view

G. Madhuri1 , B. Babu Rao 2 and P. Neelima 3

1Deptt. of Flori cul ture and Land scap ing, OUAT, Orissa, In dia2Deptt. of Veg e ta ble Sci ence, Dr. Y. S. R. H. U, V. R. Gudem, Andhra Pradesh3Deptt. of HC & RI, Dr. Y. S. R. H. U, V. R. Gudem, Andhra Pradesh

*Cor re spond ing Au thor’s E-mail: neelimapalagani@ya hoo.com

AB STRACT : Vi brant hor ti cul ture is de pend ent upon many fac tors, among which proper and ju di cious soil

nu tri ent man age ment prac tices co mes first. There are sev en teen el e ments are known to be es sen tial for

plants. Among which ni tro gen, phos pho rous and po tas sium plays vi tal role and they are con sid ered as ma jor

plant nu tri ents. Among hor ti cul tural crops, flori cul ture is grow ing at an alarm ing rate both in open and pro tected

cul ti va tion. Proper growth and de vel op ment of the plant is ul ti mately ef fected by reg u lar nu tri tional

man age ment. Im por tance of ma jor plant nu tri ents and their dose for better growth and yield for var i ous flower

crops viz. glad i o lus, rose, gerbera, golden rod, cym bi dium, chry san the mum, ca len dula, China as ter,

anthurium, tu lip, mari gold, tuberose, gaillardia, lark spur, spi der lily etc. has been re viewed for better

un der stand ing and will be helpful for present crop cultivation and future research purpose.

Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, 6 (2) : 69-76 (June 2017)

1. Bi ol ogy and Eco-friendly Man age ment of 28-Spot ted Lady Bee tle (Henosepilachna

vigintioctopunctata Fabr.)–A Se ri ous Pest of Brin jal

Arti Katiyar1* , Vijai Kumar 2 and K.D. Verma 3

1ICAR- In dian In sti tute of Pulses Re search, Kanpur (U.P.)- 208 024, In dia2Deptt. of Hor ti cul ture, CSSS (PG) Col lege, Machhra, Meerut3Deptt. of En to mol ogy, A.S. Col lege, Lakhaoti, Bulandsahar

*Cor re spond ing Au thor’s E-mail: [email protected]

AB STRACT : Brin jal (Solanum melongena L.) is an im por tant Solanaceous crop of sub trop ics and trop ics.

Sev eral bi otic and abiotic fac tors con trib ute in low er ing the yield in brin jal. Among var i ous bi otic fac tors, in sect

pests are im por tant which greatly af fect the qual ity and pro duc tiv ity of brin jal crop through in flict ing a di rect

dam age. 28-Spot ted lady bee tle, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (F.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is one of

the ma jor pest of egg plant. The lar vae and adults scrape the green mat ter from brin jal leaves and cause

dam age up to 80%. The mor phol ogy and bi ol ogy of the pest is de scribed un der this study. Among the var i ous

com po nents of man age ment, Aspergillus flavus and Ba cil lus thuringiensis are ef fec tive against dif fer ent

stages of H. vigintioctopunctata. The pred a tor reduviid bug, Rhinocoris fuscipes (Fab.) is quite ef fi cient. The

var i ous plant prod ucts are found to be ef fec tive against this pest. The re pel lent and antifeedant prop er ties of

Neem, Mahua and Groundnut cakes have also been established.


3. An Eco nomic As sess ment of Ba nana Pro duc tion in Bhagalpur dis trict of Bihar

Priyanka Kumari1 , Nasim Ahmad1* and M.K. Wadhwani 2

1De part ment of Ag ri cul tural Eco nom ics, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Cen tral Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Pusa

Samastipur-848 125 (Bihar),2De part ment of Ag ri cul tural Eco nom ics, Bihar Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Sabour, Bhagalpur

*Cor re spond ing au thor’s E-mail: [email protected]

Journal’s International Impact

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InfoBase Index Factor (IBI Factor) : 2.8; New Journal Impact Factor (NJIF) : 2.14

ABSTRACTS

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AB STRACT : The study was con ducted on pri mary data, col lected from a sam ple of 60 ba nana grow ers,

con sisted of 26 (43 %), 25 (42 %) and 9 (15 %) mar ginal & small, semi-me dium and me dium & large cat e gory.

The data were col lected from the sam ple grow ers with the help of spe cif i cally pre pared pre-tested sched ules

through Sur vey Method by in ter view ing them, se lected through Multi-Stage Sam pling Tech nique from a clus ter

of 3 vil lages of Nawgachia block of Bhagalpur dis trict. The study re vealed that per ha av er age to tal cost of

cul ti va tion of ba nana var. robusta was found rang ing be tween ` 1, 00,566.45 on mar ginal & small farms to

` 95, 294.42 on me dium & large farms. The vari able costs in cluded ma te rial cost (72.55 %) and la bour cost

(23.60 %). The ma te rial cost was found high est ( ` 72364.71 per ha) on mar ginal & small farms. The av er age

la bour cost was es ti mated as ` 22512.93 per ha. The av er age cost of ir ri ga tion and fer til izer con sti tuted 35.59

per cent and 16.01 per cent of to tal cost, re spec tively while la bour cost con sti tuted of 23.60 per cent. The yield

(num ber of bunches per ha) was found rang ing from 2768 to 2847 among three cat e go ries of farms and the

av er age price re ceived by the ba nana grow ers was ` 129.91 per bunch. The av er age gross in come has been

es ti mated as ` 3, 64,007.87 per ha, which was rang ing in as cend ing or der to size of farms; i.e., higher on large

farms and less on mar ginal farms. The “re turn to to tal cost ra tio” was es ti mated at 3.78, which was also in

ascending order to size group.


4. Flo ral Bi ol ogy Stud ies in Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Ge no types

Banoth Shiva*

Div. of Fruits and Hor ti cul tural Tech nol ogy,

ICAR-In dian Ag ri cul tural Re search In sti tute, New Delhi-110 012, In dia


AB STRACT : This ex per i ment was car ried out to ob tain in for ma tion on flow er ing pat tern of Psidium, so that

suit able spe cies or va ri et ies can be used in fu ture breed ing programme for their hy brid iza tion work to plan and

de velop crosses.The re sults re vealed that cultivar Allahabad Safeda was ear li est to bloom (24 th April) fol lowed

by Arka Amulya, Black guava, Hissar Surkha, Lalit and Snow White (25 th April), whereas L-49 (Sardar) was last

to flower (10 th May). Flow er ing du ra tion among guava ge no types dif fered sig nif i cantly and it ranged be tween

39 to 52 days. The max i mum flow er ing du ra tion was ob served in Lalit and Shweta (52 days) fol lowed by Hisar

Surkha (51 days), Sasni col lec tion (51 days) and Arka Amulya (50 days), while, the short est flow er ing du ra tion

was re corded in Hafsi Red (39 days). Thus, from the above find ings it was no ticed that the vari a tion be tween

the ge no types may be at trib uted to the dif fer ences in the ge netic makeup of these ge no types. Ob ser va tion and

knowl edge of such traits can guide a programme of ge netic im prove ment, es pe cially those pur su ing der i va tion

of va ri et ies through hy brid iza tion programme. Also trees can possibly be exploited by cultural manipulation to

flower and fruit when desired.


5. Op ti mi za tion of Pro to col for Min i miz ing in-vi tro Con tam i na tion of Em bryo Cul tured Peach

(Pru nus persica L.)

A.S. Sundouri1 , Harminder Singh 2 , Anirudh Thakur 2 and Dimpy Raina 3

1Di vi sion of Fruit Sci ence, Sher-e-Kash mir Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul tural Sci ences & Tech nol ogy of Kash mir,

Shalimar, 190 0252De part ment of Fruit Sci ence, Punjab Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana, Pb., 141 004.3KVK, Ferozepur, Punjab Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana, Pb., 141 004.

*Cor re spond ing Au thor’s Email: [email protected]

ABSTRACT : Micro propagation is a rapid propagation technique for raising any kind of plant but it encounter

with the utmost problem of contaminations by different sources such as bacteria, fungi and many more which

reduces their productivity and completely prevents their successful cultivation. The present study was an

attempt to minimize the contamination occurred in the embryo cultured peach by using different surface

sterilants to obtain successful plantlet. Among the different sterilants cetrimide 5% for 15 minutes followed by

carbandazium 2% for 5 minutes was the most effective treatment which showed maximum effect against

contaminations. However, the sterilant 0.1% HgCl2 for 10 minutes and ethanol for 70% for 3 minutes duration

gave maximum uncontaminated plantlet with low survival rate.


6. Physico-chem i cal and Mor pho log i cal Eval u a tion of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Ge no types un der

Tarai Con di tions

Jitendra Kumar*, Rajesh Kumar, Shailesh Tripathi and Vijay Pratap Singh

De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Col lege of Ag ri cul ture, Govind Ballabh Pant Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy

Pantnagar (In dia)–263 145

*Cor re spond ing Au thor’s E-mail: jkumar_hort@out look.com

AB STRACT : A field ex per i ment was con ducted on dif fer ent guava ge no types to eval u ate the physico-chem i cal

and mor pho log i cal prop er ties of guava. Dif fer ent guava ge no types per formed sig nif i cantly dif fer ent. MPUAT

Sel-1 ex hib ited max i mum fruit di am e ter, fruit size, fruit weight, fruit vol ume and to tal sug ars per cent age. While,

Kayamganzi ex hib ited max i mum fruit length and re duc ing sug ars. Allahabad Safeda showed max i mum length

: di am e ter ra tio. RCGH - 11 showed max i mum spe cific grav ity. RCGH-1 showed max i mum TSS, titratable

acid ity, non-re duc ing sug ars, sugar : acid ra tio, plant height, plant can opy spread and stem girth. Sangareddy

showed max i mum ascor bic acid con tent. Other traits showed inferior performance among the evaluated guava

genotypes.


7. Prev a lence of Cit rus dis eases in Dif fer ent Agro-cli ma tic Zones of Punjab

Anita Arora*

De part ment of Fruit Sci ence, Punjab Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, In dia


AB STRACT : Sur veys re vealed that cit rus foot rot/gummosis, fruit drop/stem-end rot and die-back were the

most wide spread dis eases prev a lent in Punjab. Other com monly oc cur ring dis eases were bac te rial can ker,

cit rus green ing, cit rus ring spot and sooty mould. Cit rus foot rot/gummosis oc curred in trees of all age groups

across the agro-cli ma tic zones. Pop u la tion of Phy toph thora nicotianae showed an in creas ing trend from July

on wards and reached max i mum in the month of Sep tem ber. Patho log i cal fruit drop dur ing the months of

Sep tem ber and Oc to ber was the most det ri men tal. Per cent in ten sity of bac te rial can ker was very low in old

or chards; whereas young or chards and nurs er ies in all the three agro-cli ma tic zones were hav ing low to

mod er ate dis ease in ten sity. Cit rus green ing was more prev a lent in the cen tral and sub-moun tain ous re gions,

par tic u larly on older trees. Mod er ate in ci dence of citrus ring spot was observed in arid-irrigated and central

zones.


8. Physico-chem i cal changes dur ing Growth, Ma tu rity and Rip en ing in Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana

Lamk) cv. Gola and Chhuhara

V.K. Asati 1* , K. P Singh 1 and A. K. Goswami 2

1De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, A. S. (P.G.) Col lege, Lakhaoti, Distt. Bulandshahr, C.C.S. Uni ver sity Meerut (U.P.)2Di vi sion of Fruits & Hor ti cul tural Tech nol ogy, IARI, New Delhi.

*Cor re spond ing Au thor’s Email : [email protected]

AB STRACT : A study was con ducted to eval u ate the phys i cal and chem i cal changes oc cur ring dur ing the

var i ous stages of fruit growth and de vel op ment of 12-year-old Ber (cv. Gola and Chhuhara) trees. The ber fruit

had a growth pat tern of dou ble sig moid type. Fruit size rap idly in creased from fruit set to 30 th Nov. and

com par a tively slow from 30 th Nov. to 30 th Dec., there af ter it was in creased upto 20 th March. The fruit size

re mained un changed af ter 20 th March. Shape in dex was higher in ini tial stage and de creased con tin u ously

dur ing the growth. The changes in fruit weight were al most sim i lar to that of fruit length or di am e ter. The fruit

weight in creased with the ad vance ment of ma tu rity. The spe cific grav ity of fruit showed a de creas ing trend

dur ing the early stages and in creased con tin u ously un til full fruit ma tu rity. Pulp stone ra tio was a slow and

grad u ally in creased af ter fruit set, fol lowed by a sharp in crease. The to tal sol u ble sol ids was low in early stage

and it in creased very much dur ing later stages of fruit de vel op ment. The per cent acid ity was grad u ally

in creased up to 15th Feb. in cultivar Gola and upto 1 st March in Chhuhara re spec tively, and it de clined

thereafter. Ascorbic acid content gradually increased from fruit set to maturity.


9. Growth and Yield of Aloe (Aloe barbadensis M.) as in flu enced by Har vest Dates

Bijit Kumar Saud* and Urbashi Hazarika

De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Col lege of Ag ri cul ture, Assam Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity, Jorhat-785 013, In dia


AB STRACT : To in ves ti gate the growth and yield of Aloe (Aloe barbadensis M.) in open con di tion as in flu enced

by har vest dates, an ex per i ment was car ried out at the Me dic i nal and Ar o matic Plants (MAP) Block,

Ex per i men tal Farm, De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Assam Ag ri cul tural Uni ver sity in Jorhat dur ing 2015-2016. A

to tal of four treat ments with five rep li ca tions were laid out in a Ran dom ized Block De sign. The treat ments were

com prised of: T0- Har vest ing at an in ter val of two months (rec om mended prac tice), T1- Har vest ing at one and a

half months in ter val (af ter first har vest), T2- Har vest ing at two and a half months in ter val (af ter first har vest) and

T3- Har vest ing at three and a half months in ter val (af ter first har vest). The re sults showed that the dif fer ent

har vest in ter vals had sig nif i cant ef fect on the growth and yield of Aloe. The max i mum val ues for all the growth

and yield pa ram e ters were ob served in T3 [Har vest ing at three and a half months in ter val (af ter first har vest)]

treat ment whereas the min i mum val ues were ob served in T1 [Har vest ing at one and a half months in ter val (af ter

first har vest) ] treat ment. Over all, Aloe leaves har vested at three and a half months interval resulted in higher

productivity and maximum benefit in subtropical climate of Jorhat, Assam.


10. Ef fect of dif fer ent or ganic ma nures and bio-fer til iz ers on growth and yield of okra and

nu tri ent up take

V. V. Appa Rao*, Sanjay Singh and S. Raja

Cen tral Hor ti cul tural Ex per i ment Sta tion, (ICAR-CIAH), Vejalpur- 389 340, Panchamahals, Gujarat.


AB STRACT : An ex per i ment was con ducted in okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.] with dif fer ent

or ganic ma nures like farm yard ma nure , vermi com post, poul try ma nure and sheep ma nure with biofertilizer

com bi na tions like Azotobacter chroococcum and Azospirillum brasilense with four rep li ca tions in randamised

block de sign dur ing kharif sea son on an ustachrept soil of Cen tral Hor ti cul tural Ex per i ment Sta tion farm at

Vejalpur, Panchamahals, Gujarat. The re sults re vealed that the crop re ceiv ing poul try ma nure gave

sig nif i cantly higher yields (27.54 t/ha) in okra com pared to the other three ma nures like vermi-com post (23.37

t/ha), farm yard ma nure (20.43 t/ha), sheep ma nure (15.77 t/ha) and con trol (8.82 t/ha). How ever, be tween two

sources of bio fer til iz ers Azotobacter chroococcum proved better and re corded higher yield (23.56 t/ha)

com pared to Azospirillum brasilense (19.99 t/ha) with an in crease of 17.86 per cent over the other. Max i mum

ni tro gen (226.2 kg/ha), phos pho rous (18.9 kg/ha), po tas sium (62.4 kg/ha), cal cium (157.8 kg/ha), mag ne sium

(129.8 kg/ha) and sul phur (32.1 kg/ha) up take was ob served in the treat ment re ceived poul try ma nure in

com bi na tion with Azotobacter chroococcum.


11. Per for mance of Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) Cultivars grown for Spikes un der West ern

Uttar Pradesh con di tions

Virendra Pal1* , K.P. Singh 2 , Ashish Tyagi1 , Anant Kumar 3 and Omvir Singh1

1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hastinapur, 2Di vi sion of Flori cul ture and Land scap ing, In dian In sti tute of Ag ri cul tural Re search, Pusa, New Delhi-110012 3Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad S.V.P.U.A & T, Meerut-250 110 (U.P.)


AB STRACT : A field ex per i ment was con ducted to as sess the per for mance of tuberose cultivars used for

spikes pro duc tion un der West ern Ut ter Pradesh con di tions at Re search Farm, un der Crop Cafetaria Unit ,

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hastinapur, SVP Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture & Tech nol ogy, Meerut (UP) In dia dur ing the

year 2014-15 and 2015-16. Eight po ten tial cultivars namely Mex i can Sin gle, Arka Nirantara, Shringar, Rajat

Rekha, Pearl Dou ble, Suvasini, Vaibhav and Swarn Rekha were per formed in a Ran dom ized Com plete Block

De sign (RCBD) with three rep li ca tions. Tuberose cultivars var ied sig nif i cantly for growth and flow er ing

pa ram e ters. Among the var i ous cultivars tested, the lon gest spike was re corded in the cv. Shringar (74.09 cm)

which was at par with cvs. Maxican Sin gle (73.53 cm), Arka Nirantara (71.24 cm) and Rajat Rekha (71.03 cm),

whereas the cultivar Swarn Rekha ex hib ited short est spike length (63.86 cm). Num ber of flo rets/spike was

found to be max i mum in Vaibhav (32.32) be ing at par with Suvasini (31.32), Swarn Rekha (28.75) and Pearl

Dou ble (28.58). The min i mum num ber of flo rets/spike was ob served in cv. Rajat Rekha (17.55). The max i mum

pro duc tion of spikes/ha was re corded in Suvasini (184110 Nos.) fol lowed by Vaibhav (183731 Nos.), Shringar

(183219 Nos.) and Arka Nirantara (182271 Nos.). The min i mum number of spikes/ha was recorded in cv.

Swarn Rekha (130640 Nos.).


12. Fruit Pro duc tion and Bio chem i cal as pects of Seeds of Euryale ferox Salisb. un der ex-situ

Con di tions

Amit Kumar1 , I.S. Singh 2* , Ramesh Kumar1 , V. N. Jha 3 , A. K. Thakur 2 and Anil Kumar 4

1De part ment of Bio tech nol ogy, LNMU, Darbhanga, Bihar2ICAR Re search Com plex for East ern Re gion, Re search Cen tre for Makhana, Darbhanga-846 0053De part ment of Bot any, MRM Col lege, LNMU, Darbhanga, Bihar4Shri Bhola Paswan Shastri Agicultural Col lege, Purnia, BAU, Sabour, Bihar


AB STRACT: Field stud ies on Euryale ferox Salisb. us ing fresh ma ture seeds were car ried out in ex per i men tal

plots of Re search Cen tre for Makhana, Darbhanga. Pro duc tion of fresh seeds has been es ti mated to be 3.0

t/ha. Bio chem i cal anal y sis of fresh seeds re vealed 55.16% avail able car bo hy drate, 25.73% pro tein, 12.80%

mois ture, 4.68% fi bre, 1.08% ash and 0.52% fat. The seeds were found to con tain amylose 20.22%, P 65.41

mg/100 g, K 36 mg/100 g, Na 47.32 mg/100g, Fe 0.96 mg/100g, Mn0.92 mg/100g, Cu 0.26 mg 100 g and Zn

0.83 mg/100 g.


13. Ef fect of Stage of Ma tu rity and Method of Dry ing on Bio-chem i cal and Organoleptic

At trib utes of Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) Fruits

V.K. Asati1* , K. P Singh1 and A. K. Goswami 2

1De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, A. S. (P.G.) Col lege, Lakhaoti, Distt. Bulandshahr, C.C.S. Uni ver sity Meerut (U.P.)2Div. of Fruits & Hor ti cul tural Tech nol ogy, IARI, New Delhi

*Cor re spond ing au thor’s E-mail: [email protected]

AB STRACT : The study was car ried out to eval u ate the ef fect of dif fer ent stages of rip en ing on the qual ity of Z.

mauritiana fruits dur ing dry ing. The fruits were graded into Im ma ture (Green ish), Ma ture (Golden Yel low) and

Ripe (Redish Brown) cat e go ries and these formed the treat ments. The de hy dra tion method was more ef fec tive

than the open sun dry ing method for re ten tion of fruits col our, re duc ing fruit spoil age per cent age and mois ture

con tent dur ing dry ing. Organoleptic rat ing was slightly higher in de hy drated fruits than sun dry ing fruits. In sun

dry ing method per cent acid ity was found higher whereas the ascor bic acid content was completely loosed.


14. Re sponse of Bulb size on Veg e ta tive Growth, Flow er ing and Bulb Pro duc tion in Tuberose

(Polianthes Tuberosa L.) cv. Phule Rajani

Krishan P. Singh1* , Tarak N. Saha and P. Hollajer

ICAR-Di rec tor ate of Floricultural Re search , Col lege of Ag ri cul ture Cam pus, Shivajinagar, Pune – 411005

(Maharashtra) 1Pres ent ad dress: Di vi sion of Flori cul ture and Land scap ing, ICAR-In dian Ag ri cul tural Re search In sti tute, New

Delhi – 110012

*Cor re spond ing Au thor’s E-mail : amit14_0485@ya hoo.com

AB STRACT : Apart from other pro duc tion tech nol o gies, the per for mance of tuberose is also in flu enced by bulb and

bulblet to be planted as prop a ga tion ma te rial. In the pres ent study, be side mother bulb, four bulb grades (di am e ter in cm)

namely, above 3.5 cm, 3.4-2.5, 2.4-1.5, and be low 1.5 were se lected as treat ments for plant ing. The re sults re vealed that

plant ing of bulb grade above 3.5 cm di am e ter pro duced sig nif i cantly max i mum num ber of leaves/clump (39.15), width of

leaf (1.88 cm), num ber of till ers/clump (14.10), spike length (65.20 cm), rachis length (30.43 cm), fresh weight of cut spike

(75.20 cm), num ber of flo rets per spike (35.50), num ber of bulbs per clump (25.90), av er age di am e ter of bulb (3.15 cm)

and to tal weight of bulbs/clump (392.40 g). Plant ing of mother bulbs pro duced sig nif i cantly the max i mum num ber of

bulblets per clump (52.35) and their cor re spond ing weight (104.90g). On the other hand, plant ing of mother bulbs

pro duced sig nif i cantly the min i mum width of leaf (1.46 cm), num ber of till ers per clump (12.00), rachis length (15.40 cm),

fresh weight of cut spike (52.83 g) and weight of bulbs/clump (249.25g). Plant ing of small est sized bulbs (be low 1.5 cm

di am e ter) pro duced sig nif i cantly the min i mum num ber of leaves (17.25) and till ers (12.00) per clump, num ber of flo rets/

spike (21.18) and number of bulblets (19.05) and their weight (41.65g) per clump.


15. Ef fect of NPK on Plant Growth and Flow er ing of Am a ryl lis bel la donna

Rohit Kumar Sharma1 , S. Saravanan1 and Sunita Kumari 2*

1De 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, Deemed to-be Uni ver sity, Allahabad, IN DIA2De 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, In dia


AB STRACT : The study on ef fect of NPK on plant growth and flow er ing of Am a ryl lis bel la donna was car ried out

at De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Allahabad School of Ag ri cul ture, SHIATS, Allahabad dur ing 2013-2014. The

study showed that at 180 DAP, ap pli ca tion of N :P :K125 50 125 Kg/ha re sulted in sig nif i cantly max i mum plant

height (43.96 cm) and No. of leaves/plant (8.66), too late flower scape emer gence (174.66 days), tall est flower

scape (51.76 cm), max i mum di am e ter of flower bud (2.42 cm) and flow ers (5.66) and lon gest du ra bil ity of

flower (6.55 days). The ear li est flower scape emer gence (167 days) was re corded in T1(N P K60 30 30 kg/ha) while

to tal num ber of flower scapes/plant (3.33) and num ber of flow ers/scape (4.10) were found max i mum in T5 (

N P K75 45 45 Kg/ha) and T (N P K5 175 75 175 Kg/ha), respectively.


16. Ef fect of Mulch ing on the Growth and Yield of On ion (Allium cepa L.)

S.K. Singh1, Sanjay Kumar2 and Subash Chand3*

1Deptt.of Hor ti cul ture, 2Deptt.of Agri. Chem is try and 3Deptt.of Agron omy, B. R. D. (P.G.) Col lege, Deoria


AB STRACT : An ex per i ment was con ducted at Cam pus Re search Farm, B.R.D. (P.G.) Col lege, Deoria, (U.P.)

dur ing the rabi sea son 2014-15 and 2015-16 to as sess the in flu ence of dif fer ent mulch ing on the growth and

yield of on ion. The ex per i ment was laid out in ran dom ized block de sign with three rep li ca tions. Treat ments of

the ex per i ment were seven types of mulch ing such as con trol (Mo), Rice straw (M1), Wa ter hy a cinth (M2),

Bag gage straw (M3), Wheat straw (M4), Grass straw (M5) and Pipal leaf straw (M6). The re sults re vealed that

growth pa ram e ters viz. plant height, no. of leaves, bulb length, bulb di am e ter, bulb weight and bulb yield were

in creased sig nif i cantly with adopt ing mulch ing. The max i mum plant height, no. of leaves, bulb length, bulb

di am e ter, bulb weight and bulb yield were re corded un der Pipal leaf straw. In ter est ingly, the plant height, no. of

leaves, bulb length, bulb di am e ter, bulb weight and bulb yield did not show sig nif i cantly dif fer ences be tween M6

and M3. So, mulch ing with Pipal leaf straw and wa ter hy a cinth nu mer i cally gave the high est yield 38.00 t/ha,

38.40 t/ha and 37.50 t/ha., 37.60 t/ha during both year of experimentation, respectively.


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ABSTRACTS 1. Isolation, Identification and Characterization of Heavy Metals Resistant Bacteria from Root of

Eichhornia crassipes Umesh Kumar* and A.P. Garg

Department of Microbiology, Ch. Charan Singh University Meerut 250 004 (India)

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail:[email protected] ABSTRACT: The pollution of the environment with toxic heavy metals is spreading throughout the world along with

industrial progress. Microorganism and microbial products can be highly efficient bio-accumulators of soluble and particulate forms of metals especially dilute external solution. Microbe related technologies mayprovide an alternative or addition to conventional method or metal recovery. The present study deals with isolation, identification and characterization of heavy metals resistant bacteria were isolated from roots Eichhornia crassipes in emerging pollutant drainage sites of industries at Unnao, Gajraulla, Hindon River Ghaziabad and Sobhapur village NH-58 Meerut. The eighteen bacterial strains were authentically identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluoresencs, Escherichia coli, Micrococcus luteus, Kleibsella pneumonaie, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus subtilis. The isolates showed optimum growth at alkaline pH 6.5 to 8.5 and optimum temperature for 37.0°C to 4.5°C. The identified isolates are resistant to Arsenic trioxide (As2O3), Chromium tri-oxides (Cr2O3), Cadmium di oxides (CdO), Lead oxides (PbO), Zinc oxides (ZnO), Nickel oxides (NiO) and Copper Oxide (CuO). The identified heavy metals resistant bacteria could be useful for the bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated industrial effluent and waste water.

Published in: HortFlora Research Spectrum, 6 (3): 137-144 (September 2017)

2. Performance of Guava Cultivars with Different in-situ Moisture Conservation Techniques

under Rainfed condition of Bundelkhand Deepesh Kothari and Sunil Kumar*

Grass land and Silvipasture Management Division, Indian Grass land and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: In Guava orchard of raifed condition of Bundelkhand, artificial irrigation is neither practical nor economical due

to non availability of irrigation facility and harvesting of rain water through in-situ conservation measures is only viable alternative as adopting vegetative barrier, staggered trench, during July, 2014-February,2015 produced significantly higher fruit yield in respect of quality fruit weight, fruit size, TSS and Vitamin C in winter (Mrig Bahar) with Allahabad Safeda, Shweta and Lalit cultivars. In-situ moisture conservation measures could sustain moisture availability for longer duration after monsoon that has been helpful for vegetative growth, flowering and fruiting of guava. Staggered trench and vegetative barrier as a moisture conservation measure gave fruitful results for production as well as quality fruit.

Published in : HortFlora Research Spectrum, 6 (3): 145-152 (September 2017)

3. Fungicidal Management of Apple Scab in West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh, India R. C. Shakywar*, N. Lobsang 2, B. K. Sharma 3, B. M. Singh 4 and P. K. Pandey 5

1College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat - 791 102, Arunachal Pradesh,

India.

2State Horticulture Farm, Shergaon, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh.

3ADAMA India Pvt. Ltd, Plot No: DS-13, IKP Knowledge Park, Sy No. 542/2 Genome Valley, Turkapally, Ranga

Reddy District, Hyderabad - 500 078 (T. S.), India.

4Krishi Vigyan Kendra, East Siang, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University,

Pasighat - 791 102, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

5Department of Basic Science and Humanities, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University,

Pasighat-791102, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

5Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh-786 004, Assam, India.

*Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the bio-efficacy of fungicides against scab of apple

manifested recently in all apple growing states of India. These diseases are favoured by high rainfall and moderate temperature ranging from 20-22°C during the different fruit development stages of apple. Before, spraying of fungicide on apple scab, the disease intensity ranged from 5.03 to 5.49 % in various treatments and difference was non-significant. Ten day after first spray, among the different fungicidal treatments, Tebuconazole 8% + Captan 32% SC @ 3.0 ml/l recorded minimum (2.92%) disease intensity being at par with Tebuconazole 8% + Captan 32% SC @ 2.5 ml/l (3.18%). However, the highest disease intensity (7.37%) was also recorded in untreated control.

Published in: HortFlora Research Spectrum, 6 (3): 153-158 (September 2017)

4. Standardization of Phenol Free Genomic DNA Extraction of Pomegranate Genotypes for Diversity

Analysis Dimpy Raina 1* and A. S. Sundouri 2

1KVK Ferozepur, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India

2Faculty of Horticulture, Division of Fruit Science, SKUAST, Shalimar, Kashmir.

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: The isolation of intact high-molecular-mass genomic and good quality deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the pre-

requisite for many molecular biology applications including long polymerase chain reaction (PCR), endonuclease restriction digestion, southern blot analysis, and genomic library construction. The presence of high concentrations of polysaccharides, polyphenols, proteins, and other secondary metabolites in pomegranate leaves poses problem in getting good quality DNA. The study aimed to determine a reliable and modified protocol based on the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) method for DNA extraction from pomegranate leaves. Easy purification method was added to modify CTAB method using

Tris-saturated phenol: chloroform (1:1) and 3M sodium acetate. Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and -mercaptoethanol were employed to manage phenolic compounds. Extended chloroform-isoamyl alcohol treatment followed by RNase treatment. Efficient yields of high-quality amplifiable DNA (200-1200 ng) was produced rapidly with modified CTAB method. Quantity of obtained DNA from this extraction method was controlled in terms of absorbance at wavelength of 260, 230 and 280 nm. The absorbance ratio of A260/A280 indicates presence of dense protein. Spectrophotometric analysis at A260/A280 revealed ratio range of 1.77–1.94. The purified DNA which has excellent spectral quality was efficiently amplified by 48 SSR primers and was suitable for long-fragment PCR amplification.


5. Survey and Evaluation of Physico-chemical Characters of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. L-49

Growing in Jhalawar District Kailash Chander Jat*, Prerak Bhatnagar, Jitendra Singh, M. C. Jain, S. K. Jain, M. K. Sharma and Bhim Singh

College of Horticulture and Forestry, Agriculture University Kota Campus. Jhalarapatan,

Jhalawar-326 023 (Rajasthan)

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail : [email protected] ABSTRACT: A survey was undertaken during October-2016 to April -2017 at the guava bearing orchards of fruit growers in

Jhalawar district of Rajasthan state with an aim to identify promising type amongst orchards of guava cv. L- 49 growing in the Jhalawar district. 70 samples at uniform maturity in December 2016 were collected from different locations of the Jhalawar district. Among treatment Dag, Gangdhar (T7) recorded maximum fruit weight (279.98 g) and pulp weight (272.67 g), and treatment Gangdhar, Gangdhar (T8 ) recorded maximum fruit length (7.88 cm), fruit diameter (8.80 cm), sensory quality score (8.30), TSS content (10.80°brix), TSS : Acid ratio (38.33), reducing sugars (5.18 %), non-reducing sugars (4.81%) and total sugars content (10.25 %). The treatment Narayan Khera, Pachpahar (T6) 6estimated minimum seed: pulp ratio (0.016), while treatment (T13) Chand Kheri, Khanpur possessed maximum length of edible portion excluding seed cavity (15.96 mm), The treatment Sareri, Manohar-Thana (T9) observed highest value of ascorbic acid (263.00mg/ 100g fruit pulp). The treatment Lhas, Aklera (T1) was found having minimum number of seeds per fruit (161) and minimum weight of seeds in fruits (3.92 g). Based on these findings it can be concluded that treatment Gangdhar, Gangdhar (T8) was found superior over all other treatments with respect fruit quality parameters and can be utilized for improvement in breeding programmes.


6. Genetic Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Satyendra Kumar, M. L. Meena* and D. C. Meena

Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University),

Vidya-Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow-226 025,

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail :[email protected] ABSTRACT: The present study on genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in tomato germplasm for horticultural

traits under Lucknow conditions was carried out at the Horticulture Research Farm of Department of Applied Plant Science, BBA University, Vidya Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow (U.P.), India, during Rabi season of 2015-16. On the basis of overall findings, it was concluded that there is wide range of variation in tomato strains for all the characters studied. The strain PT-11 is highly significant for days to marketable picking, number of flowers/cluster, number of fruits/cluster, number of fruit/plant, fruit weight/ cluster and fruit yield, and the biochemical traits viz., TSS and ascorbic acid were found highest in PH-2 strain of tomato except acidity.

Published in : HortFlora Research Spectrum, 6 (3) : 168-172 (September 2017)

7. Delineation of Psidium spp. using Morphological Traits Priyamvada Pandey, Rajesh Kumar* and Satish Chand

Department of Horticulture, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology 263 145, Uttarakhand, India.

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: The main aim of study was to characterize 20 genotypes of Psidium spp., consisting of 16 cultivated varieties and 4 wild spp. at morphological level. Observations were recorded for different leaf characters viz., length of leaf blade, width of leaf blade, petiole length, number of veins, surface area of leaf, shape of leaf, shape of leaf apex and base, colour of upper and lower leaf surface, colour of leaves during winters, texture of leaf, pubescence and leaf lamina thickness which revealed that significant variations were present with reference to various morphological characteristics among the different genotypes. Psidium chinensis was observed to be most diverse morphologically. Considering shape of leaf, shape of leaf apex and base and leaf colour during winters, these leaf morphological characters were quite informative and useful in characterizing these genotypes, as some genotypes could easily be identified using a combination of these characters.


8. Screening of Ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) Genotypes for Sodium Induced Sodicity Chandra Shekhar, Neerja Singh, Himanshu Trivedi 1* and H. K. Singh

Department of Horticulture, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and

Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad-224 229

1Department of Agricultural Sciences & Engineering, IFTM University, Moradabad-244 102

*Corresponding Author's E-mail : [email protected] ABSTRACT: A pot experiment was carried out at Main Experiment Station, Department of Horticulture, NDUA&T, Narendra

Nagar Kumarganj, Faizabad during years 2010-12 to evaluate the performance of seven commercially grown ber cultivars across the country viz., Banarasi Karaka, Narendra Ber Sel.-1, Narendra Ber Sel.-2, Narendra Ber Sel.-3, Ponda, Mundia Murahara and Pathan adjacent to different levels of soil sodicity (ESP) viz., normal soil, 15, 30, 45 and 60 for plant establishment, survival, initial vegetative growth (570 days) and salt injury. Establishment and plants survival decreased significantly with increasing soil ESP. The plant growth decreased with increase in level of sodicity. The increasing sodicity caused significant decrease in plant height, stem diameter, plant spread, number of leaves and fresh and dry weight of shoots and roots. Plants showed sodium toxicity symptoms as tip burning and yellowing of leaves at higher sodicity levels.


9. Effect of Different Growth Regulators on Propagation of Sanchezia (Sanchezia nobilis Hook.) in

Subtropical Zone of W. Bengal T. K. Chowdhuri 1* , R. Sadhukhan 1, T. Mondal 2 and S. Das 3

1AICRP-Floriculture, BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia,WB

2Department of Floriculture & LSG, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, WB

3Department of Agronomy, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia,WB

*Corresponding Author's E-Mail : [email protected] ABSTRACT: The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of different growth regulators on propagation of Sanchezia (Sanchezia nobilis Hook.) in subtropical zone of West Bengal under natural ventilated polyhouse at Mondari farm of BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, during 2014-15 and 2015-16. All parameters were significantly varied among the treatments (T1 : IAA @1000ppm, T2 : IAA @ 2000ppm, T3 : IAA @3000ppm, T4 : IBA @1000ppm, T5 : IBA @2000ppm, T6 : IBA @3000ppm, T7 : NAA @1000ppm, T8 : NAA @2000ppm, T9 : NAA @3000ppm, T10 : Control) during investigation . After studying of two consecutive years, it has been found that tip cutting of this plant treated with NAA (2000-3000 ppm) in the month of June is found better for propagation towards of its multiplication in subtropical zone of West Bengal and the second best growth regulator IAA at 2000 ppm may be considered in this aspect.

Published in : HortFlora Research Spectrum, 6 (3) : 182-185 (Sep tem ber 2017)

10. Effect of Soil Sodicity on Nutrient Content in Leaves of Different Varieties of African Marigold Neerja Singh, Himanshu Trivedi 1* and Chandra Shekhar


Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad. 224 229

1Department of Agricultural Sciences & Engineering, IFTM University, Moradabad 244 102

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: In present investigation six different varieties of African marigold (Tagetes erecta) viz. Local Selection, Pusa

Basanti Gainda, Pusa Narangi Gainda, African Tall Orange, Sunset Giant and Inca Hybrid were grown in artificially prepared sodic soils having 20, 30 and 40 ESP levels apart from control (9.99), to evaluate the effect of sodicity on leaf nutrient status and result obtained was expressed in % dry weight basis. The experiment was laid out in Factorial CRD design with a total of twenty four treatments and three replications for the two consecutive years. It was found that nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium showed a gradual decrease with enhanced sodicity level. The decrease was more pronounced at 40 ESP. Only sodium was found to increase with enhanced levels of sodicity.


11. Effect of Stratification Duration and Seed Treatment with GA3 on Seed Germination,

Transplanting Success and Seed ling Mortality in Chinese Guava (Psidium sp. L.) Surya Narayan*

Department of Horticulture, K.A.P.G., College Allahabad, 211 001, (India)

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail:[email protected] ABSTRACT: The experiment was con ducted at the Department of Horticulture, Kulbhasker Ashram Post Graduate

College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh with a view to standardize suitable stratification duration and hormone concentration for guava seed treatment. There were seven treatment combinations including a control. Different duration of seed stratification i.e., 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours were tried along with the 100 ppm, 200 ppm and 300 ppm GA3 seed treatment. Treated

seeds were sown in the polythene bags (25 15 cm size, 200 gauge thick) containing soil, sand and FYM mix ture (1:1:1). It was interesting to note that the effect of stratification duration and hormone treatment concentration was found to be significant for seed germination, transplanting success, seedling mortality percentage and rate of seed germination. Treatment T6 (48 hrs stratification + 300 ppm GA3 ) resulted in highest percentage (51.0 %) of seed germination while the lowest percentage (23.25) was recorded in T9 (72 hrs + 300 ppm GA3) treatment and the transplanting success was also lowest in T9. The seedling mortality percentage was maximum (62.66%) with T9 whereas lowest percentage (17.0%) was observed in T6 treatment. It may be concluded that T6 treatment can be recommended for the better stand establishment of guava nursery.


12. Economics of Onion in Vijayapur District of Karnataka State Dinesh Kumar 1, O.P. Maurya 2* and Basawaraja 1

1Department of Agricultural Economics, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences,

Allahabad-211007 (U.P.),

2Department of Ag ri cul tural Eco nom ics, R.S.M. (P.G.) Col lege, Dhampur, Bijnor (U.P.)

*Cor re spond ing Au thor’s E-mail : [email protected] AB STRACT:The study was conducted in the year 2016–2017 to study the “economics of onion in Vijayapur district of

Karnataka state” with a sample of 120 respondents. It revealed that, the cost of cultivation for small, medium and large of farms groups were Rs. 72,123/ha, Rs. 64,965/ha and Rs. 60,705/ha, respectively. Average cost of cultivation in different size farms group was Rs. 66, 274/ha. The gross returns obtained per hectare by small size farms were high (Rs.1,90,000/ha) as compared to medium and large size farms (Rs.1,80,000/ha and Rs.1,60,000 /ha, respectively). Net returns per hectare were highest in small size farms (Rs.1, 17,877/ha) compare to the medium and large size farms (Rs. 1,15,035/ha and 99,295/ha). Cost A1 was highest in small size farms (Rs. 50,176/ha) followed by medium size farms (Rs. 48,718/ha) and lowest in large size farms (Rs. 46,558/ha), respectively. Cost A2 in small, medium and large size of farms groups was Rs. 50,176/ha, Rs. 48,718/ha and Rs. 46,558/ha, respectively. Cost B was highest in small size farms (Rs. 62,073/ha) as compared to medium size farms (Rs. 58,455/ha) and in large size of farms (Rs.58,455/ha) respectively. Cost C was highest in small size farms (Rs. 72,123/ha) and lowest in large size farms (Rs. 60,705/ha). Farm business income in small, medium and large size of farms group was Rs. 1,39,824/ha, Rs. 1,31,282/ha and Rs. 1,13,442/ha, respectively. Farm investment income was highest in small size farms (Rs. 1, 29,774/ha) as compared to medium size farms (Rs. 1, 26,932/ha) and lowest in large size farms (Rs. 1,11,192/ha), respectively. Family labour income was Rs. 1,27,927/ha for small size farms group, Rs. 1,21,545/ha for medium size farms group and Rs. 1,00,309/ ha for large size of farms group.


13. Effect of Time of Pruning on Growth and Flowering of Jasmine [Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait.]

under Western U.P. Condition S.L. Pal*

Department of Horticulture, R.S.M. (P.G.) College, Dhampur, Bijnor, U.P.246761

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: Flower production of jasmine is generally correlated with pruning of flowering plants. The present research work aimed to explore the ideal date of pruning which produce plants with efficient growth and flower yield of Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait. cv. Local. Maximum growth (length, secondary and tertiary branches) was obtained when plants were pruned on last week of January at 45 cm height of pruning. The weight of 20 flower buds (2.50 g) was recorded under D4

(29th January pruning). Maximum number of flowers/bush (751.45), yield of flower/bush (94.56g) and maximum flower yield/ha (6.302 q) was recorded under D4 (pruning on 29th January).


14. Effect of Seed Treatment on Seedling Vigour and Mortality of Chinese Ber (Zizyphus sp.) Surya Narayan*

Department of Horticulture, K.A.P.G., College Allahabad, 211 001, (India)

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: The experiment was conducted at the Department of Horticulture, Kulbhasker Ashram Post Graduate

College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh with a view to standardize suitable stratification duration and hormone concentration for ber seed treatment. There were seven treatment combinations including a control. Different duration of seed stratification i.e., 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours were tried along with the 100 ppm, 200 ppm and 300 ppm GA3 seed treatment . Treated seeds were sown in the polythene bags (25x15 cm size, 200 gauge thick) containing soil, sand and FYM mixture (1:1:1). It was interesting to note that the effect of stratification duration and hormone concentration was found to be significant for seed germination, transplanting success, seedling mortality percentage and rate of seed germination. Treatment T6 (48 hrs + 300 ppm GA3) yielded highest percentage of seed germination (84.00), while the lowest percentage (37.25) was recorded in T9 (72 hrs + 300 ppm GA3 ) treatment and the transplanting success was also lowest in T9. The seedling mortality percentage was maximum (79.25) with T9 whereas the lowest percentage (22.00) was observed in T6 treatment. It may be concluded that T6 treatment can be recommended for the better stand establishment of ber nursery.


15. Effect of Different Levels of Sodicity on Chlorophyll Content in Leaves of Various Varieties of

Af rican Marigold (Tagetes erecta) Neerja Singh, Himanshu Trivedi 1* and Chandra Shekhar


Technology,Kumarganj, Faizabad. 224 229

1Department of Agricultural Sciences & Engineering, IFTM University, Moradabad 244 102

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail [email protected] ABSTRACT: Marigold is one of the most popular annual ornamental plants. Six different varieties of African marigold (T. erecta) viz. Local Selection, Pusa Narangi Gainda, Pusa Basanti Gainda, African Tall Orange, Sunset Giant and Inca-Hybrid were grown in sodic soils having 9.9 (control), 20, 30 and 40 ESP levels to evaluate the effect of sodicity on chlorophyll content (mg/g) in leaves of these varieties. The experiment was laid in Factorial CRD design with a total of twenty four treatments and three replications. Experiment was conducted consecutively for two years i.e. during 2010-11 and 2011-12. Sodic soils were artificially prepared using different concentrations of sodium bicarbonate for each ESP levels. It was found that chlorophyll „a‟ and chlorophyll „b‟ contents along with total chlorophyll decreased with increase in sodicity levels. The decrease in chlorophyll „a‟ content was 2%, 16% and 30% while, chlorophyll b showed 13%, 27% and 34% reduction at 20, 30 and 40 ESP levels of sodicity. Similarly, the total chlorophyll decreased progressively at each sodicity levels. The reduction in total chlorophyll was 8%, 23% and 30% at 20, 30 and 40 ESP levels, respectively. Inca-Hybrid maintained its chlorophyll content significantly higher (chl‟a‟ 2.46 and 2.42 mg/g, chl‟b‟ 0.87 and 0.85 mg/g and total chl 3.36, 3.34 mg/g) than other five varieties while Sunset Giant variety (chl „a‟ 2.04 and 1.99 mg/g, chl‟b‟ 0.60 and 0.57 mg/g and total chl 2.65 and 2.60 mg/g) showed poorest performance among all the varieties.


16. Effect of Organic Manures and Bio-fertilizers on Vegetative Growth and Yield Parameters of Okra

(Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench.) cv. Arka Anamika Vikas, Jitendra Kumar* and Pavitra Dev

Department of Horticulture, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut 250004 (U.P.)

*Correspond ing Author’s E-mail:[email protected] ABSTRACT: A field experiment was conducted to determine effect of organic manures and bio-fertilizers on growth and

yield parameters of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) cv. Arka Anamika. The experimental was laid out in

randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. The treatments comprised of three organic manures viz. Pressmud, Vermicompost and Poultry manure in combination with three bio-fertilizers, namely Azospirillum, Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM) and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB). All variable parameters regarding vegetative growth and yield were significantly influenced by different combinations of organic manures and bio-fertilizers. Results indicated that combined application of organic manure and bio-fertilizers i.e. Vermicompost @ 70q/ha + Azospirillum @ 55 kg/ha resulted in the significantly better response in respect to early germination (4.87 days), maximum plant height (54.20 cm), maximum leaves/plant (24.87) and early flowering (45.33 days) in okra. Similarly maximum number of pods/ plant (15.07), weight of pods (15.67 g) and yield (262.13 q/ha) were recorded with the soil application of Vermicompost @ 70q/ha + Azospirillum @ 55 kg/ha. However, maximum pod length was recorded under Poultry Manure 32.8 q/ha + Azospirillum 55 kg/ha.


17. Assessment of Genetic Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance in Chrysanthemum

(Dendranthema grandiflora Tzvelev.) Atul Prakash, Mukesh Kumar, Ujjawal Sirohi 1, Manoj Kumar Singh, Sunil Malik

Vipin Kumar, Arvind Rana and O.P. Maurya 2

Department of Horticulture, SVPUAT, Meerut, UP, India 250 110

1Department of Biotechnology, SVPUAT, Meerut, UP, India 250 110

2Department of Agriculture Economics, RSM (PG) College, Dhampur, Bijnor, UP, India 246 761

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail : [email protected] ABSTRACT: Studies on genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance were carried out among twenty genotypes of

chrysanthemum for characters to identify genotypes to be used in breeding programme. The results showed high phenotypic and genotypic co-efficient of variation for traits like number of flowers per plant (GCV = 49.33; PCV = 49.34) and flower size (GCV = 37.40; PCV = 37.43). The high heritability values were obtained for all the characters. In high heritability estimate coupled with high genetic advance as per cent of mean was observed for number of flowers per plant (101.61), flower size (76.97) and number of primary branches per plant (55.82). It was observed that heritable variability in the breeding materials characters like number of flowers/plant, flower size and plant height after full bloom could be exploited for improvement through crop breeding programme.


18. IDM Module for Management of Yellow Vein Mosaic Disease in Okra Upesh Kumar 1* and Suresh Kumar 2

1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, District – Patan (Gujrat)

2F-1, Krishi Farm, Samnapur Tiraha, Amarkantak Road, Dindori (M.P.)

*Corresponding Author’s Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT: Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench), is widely grown all over tropical, subtropical and warm

temperature regions of the world. But the crop is prone to damage by various diseases caused by various insects, fungi, nematodes and viruses. The most common disease of okra is Yellow Vein Mosaic Virus (YMV), spread by white fly (Bemisia tabaci). For the management of yellow vein mosaic disease in okra, Integrated Disease Management module in okra was assessed. IDM module reduced the yellow vein mosaic disease incidence from 56.21 to 62.82% and enhanced the productivity from 26.14 to 19.78%, in 2011-12 & 2012-13, respectively.


19. Micropropagation of Mulberry-A Review M. Swetha Priya and P. Sujathamma

Department of Sericulture, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam,Tirupati (A.P.)

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail : [email protected] ABSTRACT : Mulberry belongs to the genus Morus and family Moraceae. Mulberry is distributed in tropical, subtropical and

temperate zones. Conventional breeding is limited in mulberry due to high heterozygosity and long generation period. Many

of the newly developed mulberry varieties cannot be propagated through stem cutting. Many desired cultivars do not root easily or have low rooting ability. Such difficult varieties could be multiplied by using tissue culture techniques. Micro propagation is a technique used to produce the plants in vitro by providing requirements for their growth, using proper growth hormones, through which plants can multiply and regenerates in in vitro conditions and as a result we can multiply plants using suitable explants on nutrient media. Advanced methodologies in micro propagation of mulberry have been made by several researchers using different explants and media. The present review is pertaining to the in vitro studies which have already been carried out in Morus.

Published in: HortFlora Research Spectrum, 6 (3) : 218-220 (September 2017)

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