Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Evaluation of different gladiolus varieties (Gladiolus hybridus Hort.) under Konkan conditions of Maharashtra
Author(s): NA Nalage, PM Haldankar, MS Gawankar and NG Rathod
Abstract: Gladiolus (Gladiolus hybridus Hort.) is an important cut flower crop. It is ideal for both garden display as well as floral arrangements. It is also commonly used for table and interior decoration by making high quality bouquet. Long and number of spikes, number of florets per spike and good corm multiplication ability are the main characters to be considered for gladiolus improvement. The experiment was conducted to evaluate ten different varieties of gladiolus at College of Horticulture, Mulde under Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli during the rabbi season of the year 2015. The results revealed that early sprouting of corms (4.00 days), maximum diameter of corms (23.39 cm), maximum length of spike (88.61 cm), maximum number of florets per spike (13.47) and maximum vase life (11.47 days) were recorded in variety Phule Ganesh, while maximum number of sprouted corms (19.78) and sprouting percentage (98.89 %) were noticed in variety Phule Tejas. The maximum number of leaves per plant (12.97), maximum number of spike per plant (2.33) and maximum yield in terms of number of spikes ha-1 (3.45 lakhs) were noticed in variety G-11. The variety Rose Supreme recorded minimum days for first spike emergence (45.40 days) while variety Phule Prerana produced maximum number of cormels (138.87).
Thus study revealed that gladiolus variety Phule Ganesh recorded early sprouting, bigger size corms, longer spike, more florets per spike and longer vase life.
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NA Nalage, PM Haldankar, MS Gawankar, NG Rathod. Evaluation of different gladiolus varieties (Gladiolus hybridus Hort.) under Konkan conditions of Maharashtra. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):2018-2021.
