Vol. 6 (1) : January-February 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (1) : 88-91 ; January-February, 2015
Effect of boron and iron on flowering in gladiolus (Gadiolus grandiflorus L.) cultivars
I. VIJAY1*, M.B. NAGESWARA RAO2, M. MADHURI3 and G. VENU GOPAL4
Horticultural College & Research Institute, Dr.Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem, Tadepalligudem Mandal - 534 101 Dist. West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh)
Designation : 1,3Res. Associate *(vijay55hort@gmail.com), 2Professor, 4SMS
Subject : Horticulture (Spices, Ornamental & Plantation Crops, Floriculture and Landscape Architecture etc.)
Paper No. : P-1919
Total Pages : 4
Received : 01 May 2014
Revised accepted : 20 October 2014
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Citation :
I. VIJAY, M.B. NAGESWARA RAO, M. MADHURI and G. VENU GOPAL. 2015. Effect of boron and iron on flowering in gladiolus (Gadiolus grandiflorus L.) cultivars. Green Farming Vol. 6 (1) : 88-91; January-February, 2015
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted during rabi 2011-2012 at Horticultural College & Research Institute to study the influence of boron and iron on flowering in three Gladiolus cultivars viz., American Beauty, Dharshan and White Prosperity. Micronutrient concentrations treated were boron @ 0.2 and 0.4%, iron EDTA @ 1 and 1.5%. The study indicated that micronutrient concentrations compared to distilled water as control had significantly influenced the number of days taken for first flower appearance, number of days taken for 50% flowering, number of spikes per plant, spike length, number of florets per spike and days to first harvest of spikes in improving flower production.
Key words :
Boron, Cultivars, Florets, Flowering, Gladiolus, Iron, Micronutrients, Spikes.
