Performance of different genotypes of gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella Foug.) in respect to flowering, quality and yield parameter

Abstract

An investigation was conducted on the performance of twelve genotypes of gaillardia (Gaillardia puchella Foug.) in respect to flower, quality and yield parameter Among the twelve genotypes of gaillardia, the maximum plant height (81.03 cm) was recorded in the genotype ‘Genotype-3’. The minimum days taken to first flower opening (42.60 days), days taken to 50 per cent flowering (64.3 days), the maximum flower diameter (6.29 cm), number of ray florets per flower (214.26), number of whorls of ray florets (5.96), in-situ life of flower (12.06 days) and number of flowers per plant (131.53) was recorded in ‘Genotype-11’. The maximum flower stalk length and shelf life of flower (15.66 hours) was recorded in ‘Genotype-10’ (32.64 cm). The maximum duration of flowering (143.66 days) was found in ‘Genotype-3’ which was at par to the (139.40 days) ‘Genotype-11’. The maximum fresh weight of flower (4.40 g) was recorded in ‘Genotype-9’. The maximum length of ray florets (3.03 cm) was recorded in ‘Genotype-8’