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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : (108) Last page : (113)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-4081

Effect of Varied Levels of Fertigation on Performance of Two Different Cultivars of Anthurium (Anthurium adreanum L.) Under
Shadehouse Condition

Tejaswini, H. R., Seetharamu, G. K., Suhas, Y. H. Nishchitha, N., Ashwini, B. K. and Nishchitha, M.

¹College of Horticulture, Bengaluru-560065
²K.R.C. College of Horticulture, Arabhavi-591218
³M.Sc. (Hort.), College of Horticulture, Kolar-563101
⁴M.Sc. (Hort.), K.R.C. College of Horticulture, Arabhavi-591218
⁵M.Sc. (Hort.), College of Horticulture, Bagalkote-587103
⁶M.Sc. (Hort.), K.R.C. College of Horticulture, Arabhavi-591218
*Corresponding Author E-mail: hrtejaswini2@gmail.com
Received: 17.06.2017  |  Revised: 28.07.2017   |  Accepted: 9.08.2017  

 

 ABSTRACT

An experiment was laid out to study the effect of varied levels of fertigation on growth, yield and quality of anthurium (Anthurium andreanum L.) varieties under shadehouse condition at Floriculture section, Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre, University of Horticultural Sciences Campus, GKVK, Bengaluru during 2015-2016. The experiment consists of eight treatments viz., four fertigation levels (F0-200:100:250 kg NPK/ha through soil application, F1-150:75:187.5, F2-200:100:250 and F3-250:125:312.5 kg NPK/ha through fertigation) and two cultivars (V1-Tropical and V2-Xavia). The fertigation level F3 (250:125:312.5 kg NPK/ha) was found to be the best than all other treatments expressing superior vegetative growth, yield and quality attributes such as plant height (109.88 cm), number of leaves per plant (10.41), leaf area (1459.69 cm2), number of suckers (1.98), stalk length (68.20 cm), stalk diameter (7.60 mm), spathe length (18.33 cm), spathe width (12.61 cm), number of flowers per plant per year (8.75) and vase life (28.33 days). There was descending trend in values of these characters from F3-F0. Among the varieties, maximum plant height (104.42 cm), leaf area (1262.89 cm2), number of suckers (1.18), stalk length (64.46 cm), stalk diameter (7.52 mm), spathe length (18.24 cm) and vase life (28.83 days) was recorded in cv. Xavia. Increased number of leaves per plant (10.01), spathe width (12.12 cm) and flower yield (7.63) was recorded in cv. Tropical. The treatment combination F3V1 was found to be the best among all other interactions with more number of flowers per plant (9.23).

Key words: Anthurium, Cultivars, Fertigation, Shadehouse, Vase life

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Cite this article: Tejaswini, UnderH.R., Seetharamu, G.K., Suhas, Y.H. Nishchitha, N., Ashwini, B.K. and Nishchitha, M., Effect of Varied Levels of Fertigation on Performance of Two Different Cultivars of Anthurium (Anthurium adreanum L.) Shadehouse Condition, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(5): 108-113 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.4081