Seedling age at transplanting and its relationship to growth and earliness in bearing of Eksotika papaya

M. Masri

Abstract

The effects of secdling age at transplanting on the growth and culiness in fruit bearing of Eksotika papaya (Carica papaya L.) were studied. Though delayed transplanting after 5 weeks after the appearance of hypocotyl (WAAH) decreased height increment rate, it had no significant effects on stem diameter and node number increment rates. The time from transplanting to first flowering and fruiting was independent of seedling age at transplanting. However, node number and height of first flowering and fruiting were significantly higher up on the main stem when seedlings were transplanted after 5 WAAH.

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