Effect of Micro Nutrients and Fungicide Application on Internal Fruit Necrosis, Cracking and Fruit Drop in Bael (Aegle marmelos Correa.)

An experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Centre, SVP university of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut during 2009-10 and 2010-11 to investigate the effect of micro-nutrients and fungicide on internal fruit necrosis, cracking and fruit drop in bael. Out of six treatments applied, combined application of boron (1%) + copper sulphate (0.25%)+ carbendazim (0.1%) was found to be most effective in reducing internal fruit necrosis (17.00% reduction over control), fruit cracking (15.00% reduction over control) and fruit drop (14.70% reduction over control).