Studies on floral attributes and crossing in gladiolus

Abstract

An experiment was carried out at the Experimental Farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola during the year 2024-2025. Ten treatments as varieties i.e., Punjab Flame, Candyman, Dhanvantari, White Chifan, Pink Lady, Arka Pratham, Cheops, Yellow Stone, Flavo Sovonier and Darshan were used. The field experiments were laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. The results revealed that the variety Flavo Sovonier and Dhanvantari performed better for number of florets per spike, length of spike, floret diameter and internodal distance. Highest percent of successful cross (100%) found in Arka Pratham × Pink Lady followed by Arka Pratham × Yellow Stone (80%). Since Arka Pratham showed better general combining ability with male parents with more number of seed setting results. So, it can be used as female parent.