Studies on Growth, Development and Establishment of Different Bael (Aegle marmelos L.) Varieties under Prayagraj Agro Climatic Conditions

Abstract

The objective of the experiment was to work out the "Studies on Growth, development and establishment of different variety of Bael (Aegle marmelos L) for establishment under Prayagraj agro-climatic Condition. So, a field experiment was conducted during session 2022-2023 at, Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, (SHUATS), Prayagraj (U.P). The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design with 7 Variety (treatment) replicated thrice. The treatments were V1 Narendra Bael-5, V₂ Narendra Bael-6¸V3 Narendra Bael-7,V4 Narendra Bael-9¸V5 Narendra Bael-1 ,V6 Narendra Bael-11, V7 Narendra Bael-8 .V6 was found to be superior in the term of Survival Percentage (94.66%) Plant height (61.30 cm),Number of leaves plant (54.33), Number of branches plant-1 (6.66), Stem diameter (5.36 cm), Plant spread (41.46cm) (E-W) and (43.40 cm) (N-S), Chlorophyll content (50.70) The research conduct will help the farmers to select superior variety of Bael under Prayagraj agro-climatic condition.