Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Fruit Set and Yield of Summer Crop in Acid Lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Balaji

In India, among the fruit crops citrus species covers an area of major fruit crops is 10.4% with an area of 953.40 thousand ha, with production of 1,17,42,000 MT, giving rise to Productivity of 8.7 MT per ha estimated data NHB 2015-2016. As per the data available (AP Horticulture online 2015-16), in Andhra Pradesh oranges and Batavia are being cultivated in 1, 21, 716 hectares with the production of 1, 40, 78, 216 MT and limes and lemons are grown an area of 111.09 thousand ha with production of 1717.34 thousand MT and productivity of 16.8 MT per hectares during 2015-2016 (NHB, 2016.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 6 (2017) pp. 2208-2214 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

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