International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 4
First page : (2049) Last page : (2057)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5772
Performance of Thirteen Chrysanthemum Varieties on Flowering, Yield and Quality under South Saurashtra Region
A. Sunil Kumar1* and N. D. Polara2
1Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh – Gujarat 362001
2Associate Professor, Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh – Gujarat 362001
*Corresponding Author E-mail: adlasunil2@gmail.com
Received: 19.07.2017 | Revised: 28.07.2017 | Accepted: 30.07.2017
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth and quality performance of chrysanthemum cultivars. Thirteen chrysanthemum cultivars coded from V1 to V13 were used in the experiment. Days to first flower opening, days to 50% flowering, number of flowers per plant, number of flowers per plot, weight of 10 flowers per plant (g), flower yield per plot (kg), flower yield (t ha-1), vase life of cut flowers (days), shelf life of flowers (day) and in situ longevity (days) for different cultivars varied significantly. Amongst the chrysanthemum cultivars, variety V5 ‘Punjab Anuradha’ required minimum number of days for first flowering (34.20 days) and days for 50% flowering (73.65 days). The variety V10 ‘Thaichen Queen’ showed maximum weight of 10 flowers (34.07 g) and in situ longevity of flowers (14.96 days). The variety V11 ‘Maghi’ was recorded significantly maximum number of flowers per plant (464.53) followed by V7 ‘Ratlam selection’ (260.67), number of flowers per plot (11148.80), followed by ‘Ratlam Selection’ (6256), flower yield per plot (7.043 kg), followed by the variety ‘Ratlam Selection’ (5.136 kg), flower yield (56.88 t ha-1) which was at par with the ‘Ratlam Selection’ (54.81-1) and highest shelf life of flower (6.49 days). The Variety V12 ‘Shyamala’ showed significantly the longest vase life (8.20 days).
Key words: Shyamala, Ratlam, Flowering, Yield
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Cite this article: Kumar, A.S. and Polara, N.D., Performance of Thirteen Chrysanthemum Varieties on Flowering, Yield and Quality under South Saurashtra Region, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(4): 2049-2057 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5772
