A field experiment was carried out for three crop seasons at Sugarcane Research Station, Nayagarh (Odisha) during spring seasons of 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 to assess the effect of ethrel and gibberellic acid on growth, yield attributing characters, yield and quality of sugarcane (Saccharum sp. complex). Pooled data of three years study indicated that different treatments with plant growth regulators had significant effect on growth, yield and quality parameters of sugarcane. Germination percent of cane buds was the highest in the treatment involving planting of sugarcane setts after overnight soaking in 100 ppm ethrel solution followed by foliar application of gibberellic acid @35 ppm at 90,120 and 150 days after planting (DAP). Other sugarcane growth parameters, viz. number of tillers and plant heights were significantly higher with the application of growth regulators which produced higher number of millable canes (at harvest) than that of other treatments in the test. Overnight soaking of cane setts in 100 ppm ethrel solution followed by foliar application of gibberellic acid @35 ppm at 90,120 and 150 days after planting also produced significantly higher yield parameters, viz. number of millable cane (84.26’ 000 ha-1), cane length (313.6 cm), cane girth (2.94 cm) and single cane weight (1.64 kg) as compared to conventionally planted sugarcane crop. There was no significant influence on juice quality parameters due to various treatments in this study. However, overnight soaking of setts with 100 ppm ethrel solution followed by foliar application of gibberellic acid @ 35 ppm at 90, 120 and 150 days after planting showed comparatively higher values in all the juice quality parameters. Significantly higher cane and sugar yields of 116.14 t/ha and 12.82 t/ha, respectively were obtained with planting of sugarcane after overnight soaking in 100 ppm ethrel solution followed by gibberellic acid spray @ 35 ppm at 90, 120 and 150 days after planting. The above higher yields were attributed mainly to marked improvement in growth and yield attributes in response to application of plant growth regulators. Therefore, it can be concluded that combined application of ethrel and gibberellic acid had the positive effect to improve the growth parameters, yield and quality of sugarcane.

The present investigation entitled “Influence of new generation PGRs on yield of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Dashehari” was conducted at Horticulture experiment Station, Baramunda, OUAT, Bhubaneswar during the year 2017-19. The objective of this experiment was to improve the fruit retention of mango, Yield and its economic in c.v. Dashehari by using brassinostroids and triacontanol. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replication and 12 treatments. Comprising spraying of brassinostroids (each 0.5 and 1.0 ppm), Triacontanol (@ each 300, 500 and 700 ppm) and control and its combination. The observations on different characters of fruit viz., fruit set per panicle at pea stage, fruit retention per panicle at marble stage, fruit drop %, fruit retention per panicle at harvest stage, fruit retention per  shoot cluster, fruit retention per tree, number of days taken from spraying to ripening, yield per tree (kg), and its economics were recorded. Among these treatments 1 ppm brassinosteroid and 300ppm triacontanol sprayed at pea stage has increased in fruit retention per panicle at harvest stage (5.95), fruit retention per shoot cluster (30.04) and fruit retention per tree (174.84) along with early maturity (81.66 days) and yield (31.87 kg) found whereas 1 ppm brassinosteroid give maximum fruit set per panicle at pea stage (35.16) & Fruit retention per panicle at marble stage (14.63) and minimum fruit drop percentage (49.25%) were found in 300 ppm triacontanol. Maximum gross return (Rs74,625/-) and B:C ratio (1: 2.94) also found in the treatment 1 ppm brassinosteroid and 300 ppm triacontanol.