INFLUENCE OF FOLIAR SPRAYS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF BARAMASI LEMON

The present study entitled Influence of foliar sprays on yield and quality of baramasi lemon was conducted in the well maintained citrus orchard of Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar during 2017-2018. To improve the yield and quality of baramasi lemon foliar sprays of (NAA- 25,50 and 75 ppm, GA3-15,20 and 25 ppm, Borax- 0.5, 1 and 1.5% and KNO3- 1,1.5 and 2%) were applied at 70% flowering and at pea stage in treatments T1 to T13.Results of the study revealed that the maximum fruit length(5.95 cm), breadth (5.60 cm), fruit weight (68.86 g) and highest juice per cent (50.06) were recorded with GA3 25 ppm. Among bio-chemical characters maximum TSS (7.85?Brix), acidity (5.80 %) and ascorbic acid content (54.21 mg/100ml juice were recorded in the fruits treated with GA3 25 ppm. Results of the study also showed that significantly higher fruit yield (17.93 kg) was obtained from the plants treated with GA3 25. Hence the foliar application of GA3 25 increased the yield and improved the fruit quality of baramasi lemon.