Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Choudhury Bagmee Barenya and Sailendri Kumari Patra

Abstract:
A field study was carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Binjhagiri, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, during the year 2021-22 to find out the influence of biofertilizers along with chemical fertilizers on different flowering characters of gladiolus var. Arka Amar. And the study revealed that, application of T₆ (100% RDF + Azotobacter + PSB) significantly increased number of florets/spike (19.13), diameter of floret (12.96), length of floret (7.32), spike length (84.56) and rachis length (73.41). The minimum days taken for initiation of spike (68.73), days taken for colour break stage (81.6), days taken for opening of first floret (85.26), highest longevity of floret (8.2) and flowering duration of spike (16.43) were recorded in T₇ 50% RDF + Azotobacter + PSB.