Effect of planting time on growth and flowering of Oriental lily varieties under polyhouse
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2021-07
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CCSHAU,HiSAR
Abstract
The present investigation was conducted at Agri-tourism Centre, CCSHAU, Hisar (Haryana)
during 2019-2020 to study the effect of planting time on growth and flowering of Oriental lily varieties
under polyhouse. The evaluation of varieties for a particular region is an important process in order to
screen the potential cultivars for any specific region. Along with varieties, planting time significantly
affect the crop production. Therefore standardization of planting time is very important to get a good
growth and excellent quality of cut flowers. The present investigation laid out with five Oriental lily
varieties (Casa Blanca, Calexico, St. Andrews, Profundo, Donato) along with three planting time (10th
October, 24th October and 8th November) and observation were recorded for various vegetative,
flowering and bulb parameters. The data recorded for different parameters were statistically analyzed
by OPSTAT-CCSHAU, Hisar (Haryana) software (Sheoran et al., 1998) as per standard procedure for
two factor analysis and reported that out of the three planting time, the Oriental lily planted on 10th
October performed better results in terms of maximum plant height, number of leaves, leaf length, leaf
width, number of flowering bud per plant, flower bud length, flower bud diameter, flower diameter,
stem length, stem diameter, number of bulblets per plant, weight of bulb per plant, diameter of bulb and
minimum days of bulb sprouting. However, the maximum percentage of sprouting and minimum days
to emergence of first flower bud, days to color change of first flower bud, days to opening of first
flower bud was recorded in crop planted on 8th November.
Among the varieties, St. Andrews performed overall best with respect to highest percentage of
bulb sprouting, plant height, leaf length, leaf width, flower bud length, flower bud diameter, flower
diameter, stem length, stem diameter, number of bulblets per plant, weight of bulb per plant and
diameter of bulb.