Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Jaya Kumari, Girish Kumar and Ranjan Srivastava

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out to find out the effect of water soluble fertilizers (Urea, N:P:K::19:19:19 and N:P:K::13:00:45) with different doses and combination with straight fertilizers (Urea, DAP and MOP) in tuberose (Polianthes tuberose) cv. Prajwal at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar during March 2016-January 2018. The bulbs of appropriate size (4.5-5.0 cm) were planted at spacing of 40 × 40 cm. The maximum number of open florets (27.10), unopened florets (16.27) and maximum total number of florets (43.30) at 50 per cent flower opening stage were found with T₁ treatment (75% of RDF using water soluble fertilizers). The same treatment showed maximum days to withering of lowest floret commences (9.92 days) and also possessed the longest duration of flowering (17.32 days).