Influence of Different Potting Media on Growth, Yield, Quality and Value Added Products of Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) cv. Yellow Liliput
Vidhya S. *
Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj, India.
Samir E. Topno
Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj, India.
Vijay Bahadur
Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj, India.
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Abstract
The present investigation was laid out in Completely Randomized design (CRD) with nine treatments and each replicated thrice. The treatment T2 i.e., Soil + Sand + Perlite + Farm yard manure 1:1:1:1) reported significantly better Performance in terms of Growth parameters like plant height (60.50 cm), Number of leaves per plant (64.00), plant spread (27.80 cm), leaf length (7.60 cm); Flowering parameters like days to first flower bud appearance (84.00 days), days to 50% flowering (120.00 days), flowering duration (74.00 days), flower diameter (5.70 cm), stalk length (11.50 cm) and Yield parameters like number of flowers per plant (72.00), Individual flower weight (3.80 g), flower yield per plant (152.00 g), flower yield per 100 pots (15.20 kg).
Keywords: Chrysanthemum, cv. yellow liliput, Soil Sand Perlite FYM (1:1:1), media, yield, value-added products