Effect of Mixtalol on the flowering and pod set patterns, yield components, and seed quality of lentil [Lens culinaris]
1988
Setia, N. | Setia, R.C. | Kaur, D. | Malik, C.P. (Punjab Agricultural Univ., Ludhiana (India). Dept. of Botany)
A foliar spray of lentil (Lens culinaris) plants with a mixture of long chain alcohols, Mixtalol, extended the flowering period by four days and induced uniform pod set during the peak period of flowering as compared to control. Mixtalol suppressed the abscission percentage of flowers and pods, thus increasing the number of pods harvested at maturity and seed yield per plant. Partition coefficient and harvest index also increased with Mixtalol. The levels of total soluble sugars, starch, and NaOH soluble protein were also higher in treated seeds
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