Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Swapnil Bharti and Ranjan Srivastava

Abstract:
Tuberose is an important commercial bulbous flower crop grown for cut flower, loose flower concrete and absolute. The present experiment was laid out in RBD with three replications to evaluate sixteen genotypes of single-petalled tuberose for various attributes for two years to screen the suitable genotype. All the genotypes showed significant variation in their growth, flowering and yield behavior. The results indicated that the genotype Arka Nirantara performed better with respect to growth traits followed by Mexican Single and Phule Rajni. The yield of spikes, bulbs and bulblets were found to be highest for Arka Nirantara which was statistically at par with Mexican Single. However, early spike emergence, early floret opening, flowering duration, number of florets, spike length and rachis length were all found to maximum in genotype Kalyani Single. Genotypes Arka Nirantara, Mexican Single and Kalyani Single are found to be superior overall the other genotypes.