Effect of Foliar Application of Micronutrients and PGRs on Quality Attributes of Bael (Aegle marmelos L.) under Sodic Soil Conditions

The present experiment was undertaken at Post Harvest Laboratory, Department of Fruit Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD), with eight treatments, replicated thrice. The treatments were T0 – Control, T1 - CuSO4 0.6%, T2 - Borax 0.6%, T3 - NAA 50 ppm, T4 - CuSO4 0.3% + Borax 0.3%, T5 - CuSO4 0.6% + NAA @ 50ppm, T6 - Borax 0.6% + NAA 50ppm, and T7 - CuSO4 0.3% + Borax 0.3% + NAA 25ppm. From the present investigation it is found that treatment T7 (CuSO4 0.3% + Borax 0.3% + NAA 25ppm) was found superior in respect of chemical attributes of bael i.e, Total Soluble Solids, Acidity, Ascorbic Acid, Reducing Sugar, Non- Reducing Sugar and Total Sugar as well as physical attributes of bael such as Fruit Length and width followed by T6 (Borax 0.6% + NAA 50ppm) and minimum was recorded in treatment T0 in all the parameters.