Tropical & Subtropical Fruits

Use of plant growth regulators

• The process of flowering governed by Gibberlin like substances helps in development of plant, later on anthecin hormone inducing flowering of plant, both combiningly called as “Dual factors hypothesis”.
• Spraying of NAA at 100 ppm after 5 and 7 months of planting markedly increases fruit size and yield. Spraying of 2-4 D@ 20ppm increased the quality of fruits.
  
• It is poured in the growing apex, than bunch will have more of female flowers/fingers.
  
• Application of GA3 at 50mg/L resulted in maximum yield and required less number of days for fruit maturity in Giant Governor Banana.