Evaluation of gladiolus cultivars for plant growth and corm production

Abstract

The experiment conducted to study the “Evaluation of varieties and post-harvest studies in gladiolus” at Horticulture Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with five replications. Healthy corms of 25 gladiolus varieties were planted during November, 2016. Among cultivars Punjab Dawn produce maximum number of sprouts/hill. Maximum width of longest leaf was observed in cv. Sunayna, whereas, minimum was found in cv. Arti. Maximum plant height at 30 and 60 days was recorded in cv. Dhanvantri, while, minimum height was observed in cv. Darshan. Maximum diameter and weight of corms/hill was exhibited with cv. American Beauty, however, no. of corms/hill was found maximum in cv. Chandani. Number and weight of cormels/hill was observed maximum in cv. Anjali and Arti, respectively.