4. Conclusion
The results presented showed that application of paclobutrazol as soil drench @ 3.0 ml/m canopy diameter during the 3rd week of August induced early flowering and advanced fruit harvest period in mango cv. Totapuri, with no distinct changes in fruit
quality parameters. The induction in early flowering was found as
the result of increases in shoot C:N ratio and leaf water potential
due to increase in ABA and cytokinins and decline in gibberellins,
GA4, GA3, GA7 and GA1 in buds.