Effect of Foliar Spray of Chemicals on Flowering and Fruiting in Litchi

Bihar is known as hub of litchi production not only in India but also in the world due to its quality fruit. Entire country people desire to taste this fascinating fruit having unique fragrance and high demand during the season. The plant is highly specific to climatic condition and soil requirement and probably due to which its cultivation is restricted to the few countries in the world. Fruit yield of litchi in different production belts is irregular and below the potential bearing capacity of the trees. Usually, litchi plants take longer gestation period (> 15 years) to reach at consistent and regular bearing stage. In the juvenile stage of plant growths (7-14 years tree age), trees showed erratic and irregular behavior of bearing due to continuous growth flushes after harvest and changing environment conditions and thus farmers suffers for a long period in order to get regular fruiting (Kumar et al., 2015). As the litchi tree require low temperature to induce flowering and subsequently fruiting (Menzel and Simpson, 1995). This is possible only by maintaining a balance between continuous vegetative growth in juvenile litchi trees and International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 5 (2017) pp. 1337-1343 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com