Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Shailesh Chaudhary, HP Shah, Alka Singh, BM Tandel and Vaidehee Ninama

Abstract:
Effect of different treatments of pinching and foliar application of various growth retardants on growth and flowering of chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium L.), as a flowering pot plant was investigated. The experiment includes eleven treatments consisting of different pinching timing and various concentration of Paclobutrazol, Maleic Hydrazide and Daminozide. Results indicated that there was significantly maximum plant spread (N-S and E-W direction), higher number of branches and suckers per plant, maximum number of flowers per plant and flowering period along with reduced flower diameter and plant height in treatment of pinching at 20 and 40 Days After Transplanting (DAT). However, early bud initiation, flower opening, 50% flowering and maximum flower diameter were observed in the control. Looking to the visual appearance of plants as pot plant based on the hedonic scale, an excellent visual score (8.27) was obtained from plants pinched twice at 20 and 40 DAT.