Vol. 8, Issue 5 (2020)
Impact of plant growth substances on corm and cormel yield of different cultivars of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.)
Author(s): Zeenat Parveen and Pratibha Katiyar
Abstract: Gladiolus is a flower of glamour and perfection which is known as the queen of bulbous flowers and grown as flower bed in garden. Plant growth substances promote more number of quality corm production in gladiolus. Hence, the present study was conducted to study the impact of plant growth substances in gladiolus at Research cum Instructional Farm, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.). The five gladiolus cultivars i.e., Saffron, Summer shine yellow, American beauty, Candyman and White prosperity were tested with plant growth substances viz., GA3 @ 100 ppm + Vermicompost @ 80 g/ pot, CCC @ 500 ppm, Humic acid @ 0.1% + Chicken manure @ 10 g/pot, Salicylic acid @ 150 ppm and control (distilled water) in Factorial Completely Randomized Design with three replications during Rabi season 2016-17. The plant growth substances were sprayed with the help of a sprayer and the organic manures (Vermicompost, Chicken manure) was given by soil application at two, four, six leaves and flowering stage. It was observed that the experimental cultivars were exhibited genotypic variation regarding corm and cormel number, size, weight and diameters. The cultivar American beauty having maximum number of cormels whereas, cultivar White prosperity having significantly highest corm weight, corm diameter and cormel diameter and cultivar Saffron recorded minimum corm weight and corm diameter in all the tested cultivars. The treatment CCC @ 500 ppm was significantly improved the yield parameters and treatment GA3 @ 100 ppm along with Vermicompost @ 80 g/ pot was found inferior among all the treatments.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i5c.10300
Pages: 205-207 | 619 Views 86 Downloads
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Zeenat Parveen, Pratibha Katiyar. Impact of plant growth substances on corm and cormel yield of different cultivars of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.). Int J Chem Stud 2020;8(5):205-207. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i5c.10300
