Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Anil Kumar Vishwakarma and Dr. Sashikala Beura

Abstract:
Abstract Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) also commonly known as Transvaal Daisy belongs to the family Asteraceae. It ranks fourth in the international cut flower market. A field experiment was conducted in the year 2016-2018 to study the In vivo sucker production in gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus ex Hook. f.) hybrid cultivars under poly shade-net structure during the winter season at Biotechnology and Tissue Culture Centre (BTCC), Baramunda, college of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar. The experiment was conducted in a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) having 20 treatments i.e 20 varieties of Gerbera jamesonii and 3 replications. Cultivars Allian Ducassee, Snow Ball, Zembla, Scala, Rosario, Glamore, Winter Queen, Prime Rose, Salva Dore, Shimmer, Toast, Seth, Carmbole, Rihanna, Artist, Dia Bole, Inferno, Gold Strick, Amulet and Real were procured from KF-Bio plants Pvt. Ltd., Pune and planted in 12” size pots containing sterilized garden soil: FYM: Coco peat: Sand ratio in 1:1:1 (v/v) proportions under poly shade net structure. In the experiment 20 plants per treatment were taken. The result revealed that in the month of November the cvs. Amulet significantly showed increased the number of suckers per plant (3.89) and the data stood at par with cultivar Salva Dore (3.81) and Snow Ball (3.79). In the month of December the cultivars Amulet and Snow Ball enhanced the number of suckers per plant (4.08) and significantly at par with many cultivars like Zembla, Rosario, Salva Dore, Shimmer, Seth, Dia Bolo and Gold Strick. In the winter season the number of suckers per plant was found maximum (5.50) in cv. Carambole in the month of January.