Abstract

Performance of six gladiolus genotypes was evaluated on vegetative as well as floral parameters under north Bihar agro-climatic conditions. The study reveals that Gladiolus genotype, ‘Arka Naveen’ proved to be better with regard plant height, rachis length, number of spikes and its length, number of florets per spike, florets quality, early flower opening times, shelf life, number of corms and cormels per plant and other vegetative and floral characters followed by genotype ’Arka Manorma’. The other genotypes, Punjab glad - 1, Glad Acc - 7, White prosperity and American beauty were found average on the basis of these vegetative and floral characteristics of market value requisite for the cut flower.

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