Effect of Gibberellic Acid Spray on Performance of Tomato

Authors : M. Masroor A. KHAN, Champa GAUTAM, Firoz MOHAMMAD, Manzer H. SIDDIQUI, M. NAEEM, M. Nasir KHAN

Pages : 11-16

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Publication Date : 2006-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :A pot experiment was performed according to a factorial randomized design at Aligarh to study the effect of 4 levels of gibberellic acid spray insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0, 10-8, 10-6 and 10-4 M GA3); on the growth, leaf-NPK content, yield and quality parameters of 2 tomato cultivars insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.);, namely Hyb-SC-3 and Hyb-Himalata. Irrespective of its concentration, spray of gibberellic acid proved beneficial for most parameters, especially in the case of Hyb-SC-3.
Keywords : Tomato cultivars, GA3 spray, growth, leaf NPK, yield and quality characteristics