INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

Volume 14, No. 07, Month DECEMBER, Year 2018, Pages 1141 - 1146

Response of biomass and yield of stevia (stevia rebaudiana bertoni.) to flower removal

Chumthong, B. and Detpiratmongkol, S.

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It has never been reported on the effect of flower removal on the yield of Stevia plant. The effect of flower removal on growth and yield of Stevia was studied. Reesults revealed that flower removal produced significantly (P=0.05) greater number of leaves, dry biomass yield and leaf dry weight yield compared to the control. Four times of flower removal plant gave the highest number of leaves (1,318.50 plant-1), total biomass dry weight (11.31 g plant1-) and leaf dry weight yield (0.81 t ha-1) compared to the control. Therefore, flower removal during the production of Stevia plant should be practiced in order to increase growth and leaf yield.

Keywords

Stevia, flower removal, growth, yield

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