Effect of zinc as foliar application on seed yield in radish Sharma Shivani*, Sharma Rajender, Shukla Y.R.1, Kumar Pardeep2 Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173 230India 1Department of Vegetable Science, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173 230India 2Department of Soil Science and Water ManagementDr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173 230India *E-mail: shivanisharma050296@gmail.com
Online Published on 19 September, 2022. Abstract A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of zinc as foliar application on seed yield and quality in radish which was carried out in Pandah farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan during 2018–19. Treatments involved four zinc levels (0g l−1, 1g l−1, 2g l−1, 3g l−1) and three stages of application (Bolting, Bolting +14 days after first application, Bolting +14 days + 28 days after first application) resulting in 12 treatment combinations. Zn3S,(2g/L zinc at the time of bolting) was found superior over all the treatment combinations for growth and seed yield parameters viz: plant height (118.92 cm), number of siliquae plant−1 (146.40), siliqua length (7.09 cm), number of seeds siliqua−1 (6.34), days to maturity (104.67), average seed weight siliqua−1(0.185 g), seed yield plant−1(27.03 kg) and seed yield ha−1(9.90 q ha−1). Top Keywords Radish, Micronutrient, Zinc, Foliar application, Seed yield. Top |