Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Effect of pre harvest application of amino acids on fruit development of sub-tropical peach
Author(s): Manjot Kaur and Harminder Singh
Abstract: The present investigations were carried out at Fruit Research Farm, Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during the years 2016 and 2017. The six year old peach trees of cv. Florda Prince were sprayed with 0.25 % and 0.50 % concentrations of amino acids (Peptone P1 023), 7 and 14 days after full bloom and the sprays were repeated after 15 and 30 days. All the amino acid treatments increased fruit growth, shoot growth and fruit retention and decreased fruit drop as compared to control during both the years. Maximum fruit retention (89.29 %) and minimum fruit drop (10.71 %) was observed in T8 (2 sprays @ 0.50%). Fruit yield was also found to be maximum (53.92 kg/tree) under double spray treatment T8 (2 sprays @ 0.50%) of amino acids and minimum in plants sprayed with triple spray of amino acids. Fruit maturity was advanced by 3-4 days by double spray treatments of amino acids as compared to control.
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Manjot Kaur, Harminder Singh. Effect of pre harvest application of amino acids on fruit development of sub-tropical peach. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):3305-3309.