Effect of organic and Inorganic source of N.P.K on growth and yield parameters of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus) cv. Jester.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Science, Allahabad, India during 2014-15 Rabi season. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with 12 treatments in three replications on different level of Inorganic and organic fertilizers (RDF 75%, 50%, 25%) with different source results revealed that maximum plant height (104.39cm), number of leaves (8.53), Number of shoots per corm (2.73), Number of spike per plant (2.73), Number of spike per hectare (150706.47), Number of corm per plant (3.53) Number of corrn per hectare (246861.40) and also recorded benefit cost ratio(2.35:1) was treatment T11(75% RDF + 25% Vermicompost) under Allahabad agro climatic conditions.