INFLUENCE OF FOLIAR
APPLICATION OF GIBBERELLIC ACID ON CHERRY TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum
Mill. var. Cerasiforme)
H. Mehraj,
A.A. Sadia, T. Taufique, M. Rashid and A.F.M. Jamal Uddin*
*Corresponding
author; Email: jamal4@yahoo.com
Abstract
An experiment was conducted at Horticultural farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh to asses the response of foliar
application of GA3 with different concentrations to cherry tomato
plants. The assessment expressed that the foliar application of 200-ppm gibberellic
acid solution provided maximum number of leaves (16.7), tallest plant (70.0
cm), early flower bud initiation (13.0 days), early flowering (16.0 days) and
early fruiting (20.3 days); utmost fruit diameter (25.9 mm) and number of
fruits (105.0 fruits) per plant; maximum single fruit weight (11.1 g) and total
fruit weight (1.2 kg) per plant, whereas the control was lowest.
Key words: Cherry tomato, GA3 and Yield.
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