Effect of GA3 and Potassium on Growth and Yield in Red Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) under Subtropical Conditions of Jammu

Abstract

An experiment was carried out at Vegetable Experimental Farm, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST Jammu during Rabi season of 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out under factorial RBD design with three replications comprising of sixteen treatments. The treatments consisted of four doses of Potassium i.e., 40, 50, 60 and 70 kg/ha and four concentrations viz. 0,100,200 and 300 ppm of GA3. The growth and yield parameters maximum viz. shoot length (34.15 cm), root length (18.73 cm), number of leaves/root (14.30), root weight (220.49 g), shoot weight (119.47 g), root- shoot ratio (2.04), fresh root shoot yield (112.42 q/ha) were recorded with 200 ppm GA3 application. Similarly, highest shoot length (29.06 cm), root length (17.53 cm), number of leaves/root (11.18), root weight (171.67 g), shoot weight (104.84 g), root-shoot ratio (1.87), fresh root shoot yield (92.31 q/ha), were recorded with 50kg/ha K2O application. However; highest root length (19.20 cm), number of leaves/root (14.87), root weight (226.14 g), shoot weight (123.54 g), root-shoot ratio (2.10), fresh root shoot yield (115.90 q/ha) were recorded with treatment combination G3K2 (200 ppm GA3 + 50 K2O/ha). Based on the investigation, it can be concluded that the application of 200 ppm GA3 at 30 days after sowing with 50 kg potassium/ha resulted in the highest growth parameters and yield.