International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 6
First page : (437) Last page : (442)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5474
Effect of Chemicals on Growth and Yield of Gladiolus cv. American Beauty
Nagamani T, Panchbhai D.M. and Reshma V. S.*
Horticulture Section, College of Agriculture Nagpur, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth
Akola - 444 104 Maharashtra
*Corresponding Author E-mail: reshmaresu143@gmail.com
Received: 19.08.2017 | Revised: 29.09.2017 | Accepted: 3.10.2017
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to find out the effect of GA3 and chemicals on growth and yield of gladiolus at Nagpur during October, 2016 to April, 2017. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The treatments comprised of three different chemicals viz., Gibberellic acid (GA3), Potassium nitrate (KNO3) and Calcium nitrate Ca(NO3)2 with eleven treatment combinations viz. T1 (GA3 100 ppm), T2 (GA3 200 ppm), T3 (KNO3 1%), T4 (KNO3 2%), T5 Ca(NO3)2 1%), T6 (Ca(NO3)2 2%), T7 (GA3 100 ppm+KNO3 1%), T8 (GA3 200 ppm+KNO3 2%), T9 (GA3 100 ppm+Ca(NO3)2 1%), T10 (GA3 200 ppm+Ca(NO3)2 2% and T11 (control). The results revealed that, maximum vegetative growth in respect of height of plant (68.05), leaves plant-1 (28.97) and leaf area(172.19), earliest flowering in respect of first spike emergence(52.99), opening of first floret(63.29) and 50 per cent flowering(71.17), maximum flowering span(24.84) and longevity of flowers(15.94) in gladiolus were recorded with the treatment GA3 200 ppm + Ca(NO3)2 2%. Similarly, yield parameters like spikes plant-1 (2.90), corms plant-1(2.96) and cormels plant-1(45.13), spikes plot-1 (95.66), corms plot-1(95.60) and spikes ha-1(2.96),corms ha-1(3.00) in gladiolus were recorded maximum with the treatment GA3 200 ppm + KNO3 2%.
Key words: Gladiolus, Gibberellic acid, Spike, Corm, Potassium nitrate and Calcium nitrate.
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Cite this article: Nagamani, T., Panchbhai, D.M. and Reshma, V.S., Effect of chemicals on growth and yield of gladiolus cv. American Beauty, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5(6): 437-442 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5474
