Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Effect of organic manures and biofertilizers on growth and yield of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.)
Author(s): Dipanjali Baruati, Madhumita Choudhury Talukdar, and Vikash Kumar
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted at the Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during the period of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 to study the effect of organic manures and biofertilizers on growth and yield of gladiolus. Pooled data analysis over two years revealed that the highest number of leaves per plant (3.40, 6.13, 8.70 at 30, 60 and 90 DAP) with least number of days taken to emergence of shoot (9.39 days), emergence of spike (69.30 days), and opening of first florets (84.52 days) was recorded in treatment T8 (Enriched Compost @ 5t ha-1) which is followed by treatment T4 (T2 + Vermicompost @ 5t ha-1). However, the highest number of sprout per corm planted (1.46) was recorded by T4. Among the yield parameters number of spike per corm planted (1.74), fresh weight of spike (100.41 g), weight of corm (91.19 g) and diameter of corm (7.86 cm) were also recorded highest in treatment T8 (Enriched Compost @ 5t ha-1) which is at par with treatment T4. The study led to the conclusion that maximum growth parameters and the highest yield and yield attributes of gladiolus could be achieved by judicious application of organic manures and biofertilizers.
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Dipanjali Baruati, Madhumita Choudhury Talukdar,, Vikash Kumar. Effect of organic manures and biofertilizers on growth and yield of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.). Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):2529-2532.
