Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Urfi Fatmi, Devi Singh and Lawlesh Kumar

Abstract:
A field trial on gladiolus in Factorial Randomized Block Design was carried out during 2019-2020 in the Department of Horticulture, SHUATS. The trial had two factors, viz. first factor was different varieties (Extasy, Peter Pears, Ocilla, Charisma, White Prosperity) and second factor was different planting geometries (15 cm x 30 cm, 20 cm x 30 cm and 25 cm x 30 cm), with total of 15 combinations replicated thrice. Among the different varieties, variety Ocilla performed significantly better in earliness (55.7 days), no. of florets per spike (14.0) and spike length (95.2 cm). Variety White Prosperity reported better spike yield per hectare (2.7 lakhs) and more no. of corms per plant (1.9) while Peter Pears resulted in higher cormel production per hectare (24.4 quintal). Among the different planting geometries, gladiolus planted at 25 cm x 30 cm resulted in significant earliness (56.4 days), no. of florets per spike (13.2) and spike length (89.3 cm), better spike yield per hectare (2.3 lakh) and higher cormel yield (20.9 quintal).