Performance of Indian and exotic varieties of gladiolus under Eastern U.P. conditions

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the performance of Indian and exotic varieties of gladiolus in Eastern U.P. conditions. Experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Corms of healthy and disease-free varieties of Indian and exotic origin were planted during month of November, 2014. Among varieties, Purple Flora was observed for early spike emergence, days to colour showing and opening of first, third and fifth florets. However, maximum spike length was recorded with variety Anjali. Variety Red Beauty resulted into maximum rachis length whereas, minimum was observed in White Prosperity. Maximum number of florets/spike was recorded with variety American Beauty. Variety Pusa Kiran recorded earliest opening of first and fifth florets.