Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Monika Patel and M Ganga

Abstract:
The study was conducted with two year old plants of seven jasmine varieties by adopting all the recommended cultural practices at the Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The seven commercial varieties of jasmine are, viz., Ramanathapuram Gundumalli, Madanban, Single Mohra and Ramabanam of the species Jasminum sambac, CO.1 Mullai and Parimullai of Jasminum auriculatum and CO.1 Pitchi of Jasminum grandiflorum. The statistical design adopted was RBD. Observations were taken during the critical stages of growth and development namely, pre flowering, flowering, peak flowering and lean flowering stages for all the parameters. Significant variations were observed among the varieties for yield parameters during the critical stages of growth and also in observations at monthly intervals. The highest monthly flower bud yield per plant, flower bud yield per plant during different growth stages and annual flower bud yield per plant was recorded in CO.1 Pitchi.