Foliar application of ‘NAA’ to prevent flower and fruit shedding:

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Foliar application of ‘Planofix’ (Napthyl Acetic Acid – ‘NAA’) to prevent flower and fruit shedding:

It is a plant hormone spray with Napthyl Acetic Acid content of 4.5% SL. This plant growth regulator is used for
(1) to induce flowering, to prevent shedding of buds, flowers and unripe fruits.
(2) to enlarge fruit size
(3) to increase the yield and to improve the quality of fruits.

Recommendation:


Crop

Time and purpose of application

No. of sprays

Dosage

Cotton

50,70,85 days to check falling of flowers and bolls.

3

20 ppm i.e. 2 ml in 4.5 ltrs.

Watermelon

Spray after fruit set. To increase size and quality of fruit.

2

100 ppm i.e. 10 ml in 4.5 ltrs

Tomato

Brinjal

At the time of flowering

2

10 ml in 10 litres of water

Chillies

Peas

At the time of flowering

2

2.22 ml in 10 litres of water

Citrus

Spray when the fruits are in Peas size.

1

2.22 ml in 10 litres of water

Mango

To control Mango malformation: Spray approx. 3 months before flowering i.e. before inflorescence budding differentiation.

2

4.4 ml in 10 ltrs of water (Rd. to 5 ml in 10 litres of water i.e. 50 ppm (0.05%)

Spray when the fruits are in Peas size

2

Spray when the fruits are of 2 cm in Dia.

2


  • 10 ppm – Standard Solution (1 ml of ‘Planofix’ in 4.5 litres of water)
( 1 / 4.5 = 0.022 ml i.e. 22 ppm (0.0022% is a wrong calculation).
100 ppm – (10 ml of ‘Planofix’ in 4.5 litres of water)
  • Should be sprayed during cool part of the day and avoid excessive hot day.
  • Though compatible with most pesticides, individual application will give good results. Compatible with 1% Urea as foliar nutritional spray, but care must be taken to mix these together just immediately before use.

(Courtesy : BASF)

9 comments:

  • very informative, thank you. Purchased one bottle of this and gonna try on my grape and manggo..

  • Ashwin

    Plz provide correct dosage recommendation for tomato crop.
    i preper 2.5ml in 10 lt dosage.. Plz clarify Mr admin

  • Unknown

    i have planted G-9 banana in Sitapur district of U.P. in month of Aug 15. pl suggest me when i should spray in banana.

    M K Agnihotri
    mkagnihotri61@gmail.com
    mob 9415138442


    K

  • Vishnu Sankar A

    Kindly visit my Blog : www.tcbanana.blogspot.in for more details on banana cultivation. For your specific enquiry visit: http://tcbanana.blogspot.in/search/label/24.%20Banana%20Bunch%20care%20-%20Methods%20to%20maximize%20bunch%20size

  • Unknown

    will it helpful for pigeon pia tell me dose

  • Unknown

    pls suggest me the proper dose in pineapple fruits for increase the size of fruitsin 16 ltr tank

  • vindhyachal

    chicken excreta and white ant shit as manure is good for Banana tree! Pl. Suggest.

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