Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Raghuraj Singh Gautam, Sameer Kumar Tamrakar, T Tirkey and Mukesh Kumar Sahu

Abstract:
The present experiment entiled “Evaluation of different weed management practices on gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.) cv. American Beauty” was studied at the Research Farm, Borsi, Dau Kalyan Singh Agriculture College and Research Station, Bhatapara, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, (C.G.) during rabi season of the year 2018-19. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Block Design (RBD), having eleven treatments with three replications. The result indicated that among the different treatments of weed management practices on gladiolus production treatment T₅ (Pendimethalin 30% EC @ 1.0 kg a.i. ha^-1 + 1 hand weeding 30 DAP + Pendimethalin 30% EC @ 1.0 kg a.i. ha^-1) was registered significantly maximum plant height (65.14 cm), number of leaves (12.34) plant^-1, number of shoots (2.89) plant^-,¹ number of spikes (3.00) plant^-1, spike length (59.67 cm), number of florets (12.13) spike^-1, diameter of basal floret (12.67 cm). Whereas, significantly minimum days required to 50% spike initiation (60.21 days) and days taken for 50% flowering (71.84 days) were also noticed with same treatment in gladiolus during experiment.