Morphologial characterization of single type tuberose (Agave amica L.)

Abstract

An investigation on ‘Morphological characterization of single type tuberose (Agave amica L.)’ was carried out at All India Co-ordinated Research Project, Zonal Agricultural Research Station Ganeshkhind Pune (Maharashtra, India) during year 2024-25 in randomized block design with twelve treatments and three replications. The results revealed that among the twelve single type tuberose genotypes studied the genotype GK-T-S-1 found superior over rest of the 1genotypes for various characters namely days required for sprouting of bulbs (9.86 days), plant height (133.16 cm), number of bulbs per clump per year (12.40), spike length (128.16 cm), rachis length (38.40 cm), interval between two spike emergence (21.33 days), vase life (8.37 days), number of spikes per clump per year (11.46). The cv. Arka Prajwal recorded significantly maximum leaf length (61.31 cm), length of floret (7.40 cm), diameter of floret (5.13 cm), weight of 20 florets (36.67 g). The cv. Sahyadri Vaman recorded significantly minimum days to open first floret from spike emergence (11.60 days), inter-floret length (3.95 cm), longevity of spike (25.16 days). Finally, it was concluded that among the different genotypes of single type tuberose under study, genotype GK-T-S-1 was found superior for commercial cultivation.