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Carry-over effects of paclobutrazol on various vegetative parameters of sweet cherry were studied. Paclobutrazol was applied on the basin of the trees as per trunk diameter during early spring and gibberellic acid was sprayed at full bloom. The treatment application was carried out during the first year only to assess carry-over effect during the next year. Trunk cross-sectional area, tree height and spread, tree volume, number of nodes on a linear shoot, and internode length decreased both in the year of treatment application and during the next year when no treatment was applied. Lowest increment in trunk cross-sectional area (3.37 cm),tree height (0.21 m), tree spread (0.17 m), and tree volume (3.33 m 3 ) during the carry-over year were recorded with the maximum concentration of paclobutrazol (0.3 g/cm). Maximum number of nodes (8.67) and shorter intermodal length (2.33 cm) were observed with 0.2 g/cm TD PBZ treatment, both of which are desirable parameters for better fruit set.

with an objective to observe the influence of different levels and combinations of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium on quality parameters of High Density Apple cv. Red velox. The results of the study revealed that the apple fruit quality viz., SSC, sugars, reducing and non-reducing sugars were significantly influenced with highest levels of phosphorus and potassium (i.e. P3 and K3) coupled with N2 level of nitrogen during 2017 and 2018 respectively when nutrients were applied in combination.