Effects of sowing date and spraying of brassinosteroid on yield and fruit quality characters of watermelon.

4 Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons at Herbal garden, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India to study the influence of different sowing dates and spraying of brassinosteroid (BR) on yield and fruit quality of watermelon. The study consists of four sowing dates (October 4 week, November 2 week, November 4 week and December 2 week ) and two levels of brassinosteroid 0.1 th nd th nd and 0.5 ppm as foliar spray, and untreated control. Crop sown on December 2 week was significantly superior nd