EFFECT OF GA AND BAON GROWTH, FLOWERING, 3 YIELD AND POST-HARVEST PARAMETERS IN LILY THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREEOF Master of Science (Agriculture) In Horticulture Supervisor Submitted by Prof. Anil K. Singh MithileshKumar Kapari DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY VARANASI-221005 INDIA I.D.No.: H-14139 2016 Enrolment No.: 313924 DEDICATED TO LORD KASHI VISHWANATH AND MY BELOVED PARENTS Dr. Anil K. Singh DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE (Professor & Ex-Head) Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221 005, India. Ph. (O): 0542-6702486 Email: [email protected] Ref. No.: …………. Dated: ………… The Registrar (Academic) Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221 005 India. Sir I feel great pleasure in forwarding the thesis entitled “Effect of GA and BA 3 on growth, flowering, yield and post-harvest parameters in lily” of Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Kapari, Id. No.: H-14139, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (AGRICULTURE) in HORTICULTURE from Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. I certify that the work has been carried out solely by Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Kapari under my supervision and guidance and his findings and data presented herein are to the best of my knowledge and belief genuine and original and no part of the work has been submitted for any other degree or distinction. Yours faithfully (Anil K. Singh) Supervisor Forwarded ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is by the unfathomable grace and blessings of Lord Shiva that I have been able to bring out this humble piece of work. I bow my head with great reverence in the pious feet of Late Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Ji, a man of great vision and founder of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, whose everlasting euphoria and desired was to serve the mankind. I feel a great pleasure in expressing my whole hearted sense of gratitude to the Chairman of Advisory Committee Dr. Anil K. Singh, Professor & Ex-Head, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for his Scholastic guidance, incisive and articulate criticism, cordial discussion, valuable suggestions, everlasting zeal, never stop attitude and constant encouragement which assisted me to overcome every problem that came in my way during the period of the investigation and preparation of the manuscript. I am very fortunate to have been blessed with the privilege of working under his guidance. I feel immense gratefulness to express my heartfelt gratitude to the members of my Advisory Committee, Dr. A. K. Pal, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture and, Dr. A. Hemantaranjan, Professor & Ex-Head, Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for their benevolent guidance and valuable suggestions during the course of the investigation. It gives me immense pleasure in extending my sincere feelings of gratitude to Prof. M.M. Shyamal, Prof. S.P. Singh, Prof. B.K. Singh, Prof. Anand Kumar Singh, Dr. Anjana Sisodia and Dr. Kalyan Barman, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, for their support and guidance which went a long way in shaping this humble piece of work. I would like to acknowledge heartily Dr. Ravi P. Singh, Director and Dr. A. Vaishampayan, Dean, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for facilitating materials and other resources for my research experiment. I express my sincere thanks to the staff members Dr. Vinay Krishna Aryan, Shri Ram Prasad, Shri Sukant Ghosh, Rajat Bhaiya and Lalji for extending their help to me during the strenuous period of my research work. It gives me immense satisfaction to express gratitude to my mother Smt. Ram Kumari Kamat and father Shri Ganga Ram Kapari, uncle Shri Ram Udit Kapari & aunt, brothers Vijay K. Kapari, and OM sisters Rubi Kapri, Anjani and Punam di and for their never ending love, care, understanding, support, trust and giving me real strength to move forward and face the challenges in life. I am getting short of words to express my regards to my seniors Bijendra K. Singh Sir, Akhilendra Verma Sir, Dr. B. Rajsekhar Reddy Sir, Tejraj S. Hadda sir, Niharika Kanth Mam, Anupam Tiwari Sir, Sumit Pal Sir, Vikash Jain Sir and for their co-operation and help. I feel great contentment to express my gratitude and affection to my friends specially Avinash Kumar, Niraj Mishra, Rajneesh Khulbe, Saroj Nath Patel, Vijay Kr. Singh, Balendra K. Rao, Sunita, Babita Choudhury, Minakshi Padhi and my classmates and juniors Raju, Manisha, Shobhit, Deepak, and for their vital support and sparing their valuable time to compile and complete my research document. I also thank all those people who helped me directly or indirectly. Place: Varanasi Mithilesh Kumar Kapari Date: (Author) EFFECT OF GA AND BA ON GROWTH, FLOWERING, YIELD 3 AND POST-HARVEST PARAMETERS IN LILY By Mithilesh Kumar Kapari THESIS SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Master of Science (Agriculture) In Horticulture DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY VARANASI-221 005 2016 Id. No.: H-14139 Enrolment No.: 313924 APPROVED BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chairman : Dr. Anil K. Singh Professor & Ex-Head Dept. of Horticulture Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Member : Dr. A.K. Pal Asstt. Professor Dept. of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Member : Dr. A.Hemantaranjan Professor & Ex-Head Dept. of Plant Physiology Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. External Examiner: ACRONYMS USED % Per cent / Per @ At the rate a.i Active ingredient C.D. Critical difference cm Centimeter cv. Cultivar DAT Days after transplanting d.f. Degree of freedom 0E Degree East ESS Error sum of square et al. (et albeit) and elsewhere etc. Etcetera Fig. Figure g Gram ha Hectare Hrs. Hours i.e. (Id est.) that is kg Kilogram km Kilometer m Meter m2 Square meter max. Maximum min. Minimum mg Mili gram mm Millimeter MSS Mean sum of square No. Number NS Non-significant GA Gibberellic Acid 3 BA Benzyladenine ppm Parts per million R.H. Relative humidity RSS Replication sum of square S.E.M. Standard error of mean TSS Treatment sum of square Viz. (Videlicet) Namely 0C Degree celsius 0N Degree North CONTENTS Sl. No. Particular Page No. 1. Introduction 1-7 2. Review of Literature 8-20 3. Materials and Methods 21-32 4. Experimental Findings 33-76 5. Discussion 77-79 6. Summary and Conclusion 80-82 7. References i-vii LIST OF TABLE Table No. Title Page No. 22-23 Weekly meteorological data of experiment site, BHU, 3.1 Varanasi: 2015. 3.2 Physical properties of soil 23 3.3 Chemical properties of soil 24 3.4 Treatments and Notations 25 3.5 ANOVA 30 Experiment : Effect of GA and BA on growth, flowering, yield and post-harvest 3 parameters in lily Effect of GA and BA on plant height (50th, 60th and 70th 3 4.1 days after planting) in lily 34 Effect of GA and BA on stem diameter (mm) in lily 4.2 3 37 4.3 Effect of GA and BA on number of leaves/plant in lily 38 3 Effect of GA and BA on fresh weight of leaves/plant in 4.4 3 39 lily 4.5 Effect of GA3and BA on dry weight of leaves/plant in lily 44 Effect of GA and BA on number of flowers bud/plant in 4.6 3 45 lily Effect of GA and BA on days to colour show (1st, 2nd and 3 4.7 3rd) flower bud in lily 46 4.8 Effect of GA and BA on days to flowering in lily 51 3 Effect of GA and BA on diameter of flower (cm) in lily 4.9 3 54 4.10 Effect of GA and BA on number of flowers/plant in lily 55 3
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