Studies on propagation methods in African marigold and it’s field performance for growth yield and quality

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study propagation methods and its field performance for growth and yield attributes in African marigold cv. African Double Orange during rabi season 2017-18 at Horticulture Section, College of Agriculture, Nagpur. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with two main factors -seedlings and rooted cuttings and three sub-factors- flat bed, ridges and furrows and broad bed furrows. Results of investigation revealed that field performance of rooted cuttings found to be significant in respect of growth parameters viz. plant height, stem diameter and plant spread and in flowering parameters, early flower bud initiation, minimum days to 50% flowering and minimum days to first harvesting. In respect of yield and quality parameters, yield of flowers plant-1, yield of flowers hectare-1 and weight of flower, diameter of flower respectively was found to be significant when plants propagated by cuttings. However, broad bed furrows exhibited superior results in respect of growth, flowering, yield and quality parameters in African marigold.