Vol. 12, Special Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
N Sharanya, T Suseela, AVD Dorajee Rao, P Subbaramamma and RV Sujatha

Abstract:
An experiment entitled “Studies on effect of photoselective shade nets on growth of fern species” was carried out at College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem, Andhra Pradesh during 2022-23 with three replications in Factorial Completely Randomized Design. In this study factor I which includes photo-selective nets such as red, black, white, green, tree shade and factor II includes fern species viz., Nephrolepis biserrata and Nephrolepis exaltata. The performance of fern species was studied for a period of 150 days. The vegetative parameter such as plant height, plant spread, number of fronds per plant, length of the frond and width of the frond were recorded maximum in plants grown under black photo-selective shade nets. Among fern species, the vegetative parameters were recorded maximum in Nephrolepis biserrata followed by Nephrolepis exaltata.