Performance of various Gladiolus cultivars under Punjab conditions

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of Gladiolus cultivars under Punjab conditions at Horticulture Research Farm, SAST, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh (Punjab). The experiment was layout under randomized block design (RBD) with ten treatments (T1- Sarla, T2- White prosperity, T3- American beauty, T4- Jester, T5- Red Ginger, T6- Poppy Tears, T7- Punjab Dawn, T8- Summer Sunshine, T9- Darsan and T-10 Arti) during (October-April, 2018-19). The evaluation of cultivars had done for various growth and flowering parameters i.e days to sprouting, days to spike emergence, plant height (cm), number of leaves per plant, number of shoots per plant, days taken to first floret colour shown, days taken to first floret opening, days to last floret opening, length of spike (cm), diameter of first floret (cm), durability of whole spike, number of florets per spikes, corms, cormels produced per plant, diameter (cm) of corms and weight of corm (g), for improving farmers income. The results is revealed that cultivars Summer Sunshine, American Beauty and Red Ginger had produced maximum number of florets per spike, length of spike and flowering duration which are the major characters of Gladiolus cut flower production. Maximum corms and cormels per plant produced by cultivars Arti, Summer Sunshine and Punjab Dawn.