Vol. 11 (2 & 3) : March-June 2020 issue
Green Farming Vol. 11 (2 & 3) : 179-183 ; March-June, 2020
Effect of micronutrients (Zn, B and Fe) in flowering and post- harvest parameters of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.)
PAYAL VYAS1, ANUJ KUMAR2*, VIDHYA SANKAR M.3 and SUNIL BHEEL4
Department of Floriculture & Landscape Architecture, K.N.K. College of Horticulture Mandsaur – 458 001 Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV), Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
Designation : 1P.G. Student, 2Assistant Professor *(dranuj333@gmail.com), 3Assistant Professor, 4P.G. Student
Subject : Horticulture (Spices, Ornamental & Plantation Crops, Floriculture and Landscape Architecture etc.)
Paper No. : P-7912
Total Pages : 5
Received : 05 May 2020
Revised accepted : 30 May 2020
First Page
Citation :
PAYAL VYAS, ANUJ KUMAR, VIDHYA SANKAR M. and SUNIL BHEEL. 2020. Effect of micronutrients (Zn, B and Fe) in flowering and post-harvest parameters of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.). Green Farming Vol. 11 (2 & 3) : 179-183 ; March-June, 2020.
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted to see the effect of micronutrients (Zn, B and Fe) in flowering and postharvest parameters of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.) at Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, K.N.K. College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, M.P. during 2017-18. The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. Nine treatments (T1 toT9) were used in the experiment. Data raveled that treatment T9 performed the best results with respect of most of the parameters such as days taken to opening of first floret (88.73 days), number of florets per spike (13.93), diameter of floret (10.13 cm), length of floret (10.63. cm), rachis length (46.27 cm), fresh weight of spike (49.90 g), dry weight of spike (4.07 g), vase life (11.67 days), water uptake (72.50 ml) and pigment content (1.57 mg/ 100g). On the basis of this research finding we can say that quality of flowers may be increased with applications of micronutrients.
Key words :
Boron, Ferrous sulphate, Gladiolus, Mayur, Micronutrient, Zinc sulphate.