Evaluation of different hybrids of petunia (Petunia hybrida) under Allahabad agro-climatic conditions

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the performance of 11 different hybrids including control of petunia (Petunia hybrida) under Allahabad agro-climatic conditions. Significant differences were observed for all the growth, development and flowering parameters during the period of experimentation but for a number of leaves and earliness, it was found to be non-significant. The data revealed that maximum plant height (13.76 cm), number of leaves (67.00) and number of the branch (11.67) was recorded in hybrid Super Rose. The number of buds (27.22) and the number of flowers (27.22) per plant were found to be maximum in hybrid Sup-Yellow. Earliness was recorded in hybrid Crimson star (55.77 days) among all the hybrids and hybrid Sup-Burgandy recorded maximum diameter of full bloom (5.77 cm). Plant spread (24.22) was obtained maximum in hybrid Sup-Red, whereas, the maximum duration of flowering was noted in Sup-Salmon (33.77 days).