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Under the cucurbitaceous crops, comes mainly cucumber, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, sponge gourd, pumpkin, ash gourd, watermelon and muskmelon etc.
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The reasons for flower dropping in these crops can be a lack of nutrients, an outbreak of pests and diseases, excess moisture, environmental changes etc.
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Crop production is greatly affected due to the excessive fall of flowers.
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For the lack of nutrients in the crop, it is very important to manage the nutrition at the flowering stage in the crop.
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To overcome this problem, use micronutrients [Aries] @ 250 gm / acre.
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To prevent flower drop,use Homobrassinolide [Double] @ 100 or Paclobutrazol 40% SC [Taboli] @ 30 ml/acre.
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Spray of Alpha Naphthyl Acetic Acid 4.5% SL [Planofix] 80 ml per acre is also beneficial in preventing flower drop.
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To increase the number of flowers in the crop, 0:52:34 can be sprayed at the rate of 1 kg per acre.
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