Performance of gladiolus cultivars under Chhattisgarh plain condition

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Performance of gladiolus cultivars under Chhattisgarh plain condition” was conducted at the Pt. K. L. S. College of Horticulture and Research Station Pendri Farm Rajnandgaon (C.G.) during Rabi season October-April 2018-19. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design (RBD) with 8 treatments (cultivars) and three replications. With respect to flowering yield and quality parameter, the cultivar Chipper White was taken minimum number of day (58.73) for spike initiation, the spike length was significantly higher in cultivar Summer Sunshine (75.33cm), the cultivar Chipper White (68.20) was taken minimum number of day taken for basal floret to show colour, the maximum number of florets per spike (12.86) as well as maximum (57.53cm) length of rachis was observed in cultivar Summer Sunshine, the maximum number (2.86) of florets opened at a time and highest flowering duration (23.93) was recorded in cultivar Summer Sunshine. The maximum day to vase life (7.06) in tap water of gladiolus was observed in the cultivar Summer Sunshine.