Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Gheware Kedar Mahadev, Urfi Fatmi, Devi Singh and Vijay Bahadur

Abstract:
The present investigation was carried out under naturally ventilated polyhouse, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. In the month of December 2020 and the observations recorded up to February and March 2021. There were nine treatments comprising of two growth regulators viz., GA3 (200, 250, 300 and 350 ppm), and NAA (50,100,150 and 200 ppm) along with control. The whole experiment was laid out following in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. The results revealed that among the Lilium cv. LITOUWEN foliar application of 250 ppm GA₃ significantly increased plant height (28.0 cm), as recorded data GA₃ @ 250 ppm has enhanced bud length (5.9 cm), bud diameter (18.2 mm) GA₃ @ 250 ppm, flower diameter (17.7 mm) GA₃ @ 250 ppm, stalk length (43.4 cm). Whereas application of GA₃ 350 ppm enhanced significantly maximum stalk diameter (5.83 mm).