Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Anil Kumar Vishwakarma and Dr. Sashikala Beura

Abstract:
Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) also commonly known as Transvaal Daisy belongs to the family Asteraceae. It ranks fourth in the international cut flower market. A field experiment was conducted in the year 2016-2018 to study the In vivo sucker production in gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus ex Hook. f.) hybrid cultivars under poly shade-net structure during summer season at Biotechnology and Tissue Culture Centre (BTCC), Baramunda, college of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar. The experiment was conducted in a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) having 20 treatments i.e 20 varieties of Gerbera jamesonii and 3 replications. Cultivars Allian Ducassee, Snow Ball, Zembla, Scala, Rosario, Glamore, Winter Queen, Prime Rose, Salva Dore, Shimmer, Toast, Seth, Carmbole, Rihanna, Artist, Dia Bole, Inferno, Gold Strick, Amulet and Real were procured from KF-Bio plants Pvt. Ltd., Pune and planted in 12” size pots containing sterilized garden soil: FYM: Cocopeat: Sand ratio in 1:1:1 (v/v) proportions under poly shade net structure. In the experiment 20 plants per treatment were taken. The result revealed that in the month of March the cultivar Snow Ball significantly increased the number of suckers per plant (4.17). In the month of April and May the cultivar Winter Queen showed maximum number of suckers/plant (4.70) and (5.28) respectively followed by Salva Dore (5.21) in the month of May. In the month of June significantly maximum number of Sucker/plant (4.45) was observed in the cultivar Seth.