“EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, FLOWERING AND CORM PRODUCTION IN GLADIOLUS (Gladiolus hybridus Hort.)”
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2022-08-20
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Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda -210001 Uttar Pradesh (India)
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An investigation on “Effect of foliar application of micronutrients on growth,
flowering and corm production in gladiolus (Gladiolus hybridus Hort.) was carried out at
Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Horticulture, Banda
University of Agriculture& Technology, Banda during 2021-22. The experiment was laid
out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. All the growth and yield
parameters were periodically observed. Analysis of results revealed that the application of
T9 (Zn 0.4% + Cu 0.4%) improved economically important characteristics viz. plant height
at 60 days after planting (DAP) and 75 days after planting (52.27 cm & 67.93 cm)
respectively, width of longest leaf (4.36 cm), length of longest leaf (52.93 cm), leaf
area(82.07 cm2
), days taken to spike emergence (77.40 days), days taken to opening of first
floret (88.47 days), spike length (105.19 cm), rachis length (64.60 cm), water uptake
(54.67 ml), number of cormels per plant (54.07) and corm diameter (6.02 cm). However,
maximum number of leaves per plant (9.33), maximum florets per spike (14.93), maximum
florets size (8.86 cm), most spike per plant (1.33), maximum duration of flowering (17.60
days), maximum fresh weight of the spike (63.94 g), maximum vase life (8.67 days),
maximum number of corms per plant (1.60), maximum weight of corm & cormels per
plant (55.39 g &20.38 g) respectively, were noticed with the treatment T8 (Zn 0.4% + Cu
0.2%). On the basis of research findings, it can be concluded that treatment T9 (Zn 0.4% +
Cu 0.4%) showed the best performance w.r.t. vegetative growth, flowering, corm & cormel
attributes of gladiolus (Gladiolus hybridus Hort.) cv. White Prosperity.
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AMIT KUMAR SINGH. 2022. “EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, FLOWERING AND CORM PRODUCTION IN GLADIOLUS (Gladiolus hybridus Hort.)”. M.Sc. Thesis