Environmental effects on the growth of philodendron wendlandii
| dc.contributor.advisor | Geetha, C K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Swapna, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | KAU | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-23T05:50:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-23T05:50:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
| dc.description | MSc | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | An experiment was carried out at the Department of Pomology and Floriculture, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, to evaluate the environmental influence on the growth of Philodendron 'Wendlandii'. The effects of media, containers and fertilizer forms and doses were assessed at three levels of shade, namely, 25, 50 and 75 per cent. Results revealed that treatments could significantly influence all the vegetative parameters, viz., plant height, number of leaves, total leaf area and number of side shoots, at different stages of growth. The superiority of the combination of peat, mud pot and soluble fertilizer at its higher concentration was clearly evident with respect to plant height at 25 and 50 per cent shade levels. Controlled release fertilizer substituted in the above combination recorded plant height on par with this, at 25 and 50 per cent shade levels whereas the height was significantly superior at 75 per cent shade level. Number of leaves was higher in the case of peat + mud pot + controlled release fertilizer under all the three shade levels. The above treatment combination produced more leaf area under 50 per cent shade. This was comparable with that of the leaf area produced when soluble fertilizer was used at 75 per cent shade. Number of side shoots was also higher in a combination of peat + mud pot + controlled release fertilizer. Total biomass was a good indicator of the superiority of peat + mud pot -\- controlled release fertilizer at 25 and 50 per cent shade levels. The response in uptake was more in the case of peat supplied with controlled release fertilizer. Better plant quality was observed when grown in peat and mud pot. The shade level of 50 per cent was considerably better with respect to all the growth parameters, such as, height, number of leaves and total leaf area. Although chlorophyll content was maximum under 75 per cent shade, it was on par with that at 50 per cent shade. Overall plant quality too showed superiority of 50 per cent shade level. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | 170768 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810155536 | |
| dc.keywords | Pomology & Floriculture | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.pages | 62p. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Pomology & Floriculture, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara | en_US |
| dc.sub | Horticulture | en_US |
| dc.theme | The growth of philodendron wendlandii | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Environmental effects on the growth of philodendron wendlandii | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |