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volume 21 issue 4 (december 2001) : 226 -228

EFFECT OF BENDING ON THE GROWTH AND PRECOCITY IN PEAR CV. PATHARNAKH (PYRUS PYRIFOLJA BURM. F. NAKAI)

K
K.K. Sharma
M
Mandeep Kaur
1Department of Horticulture Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, India
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Cite article:- Sharma K.K., Kaur Mandeep (2025). EFFECT OF BENDING ON THE GROWTH AND PRECOCITY IN PEAR CV. PATHARNAKH (PYRUS PYRIFOLJA BURM. F. NAKAI). Agricultural Science Digest. 21(4): 226 -228. doi: .
The scaffold bending in Pathamakh plants was carried out during 1990–91. Modified leader system (T 3) trained plants were compared with the horizontal bending of main scaffolds only T 1) and tnaln scaffolds alongwith two secondaries T 2). Significantly higher stock girth, angle of inclination, tree volume and precocity was achieved in T 2 in comparison to T 3 in T 2 88.9% trees came into flowering during 1995 and 100% in 1996. In T 3, only 63.9% trees flowered in 1996 and 100% in 1997. Tree volume in T 2(29.76 m 3) was one and half time more than T 3 (19.13 m 3).
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