Evaluation of Gerbera Cultivars for Yield and Quality under Various Growing Conditions

Author: Raveena, Arvind Malik, Vikas Kumar Sharma, Divya and Monika Yadav

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Abstract

Four gerbera cultivars, Szogun, Salsa, Kormoran, and Feliks, were tested to see how well they performed in terms of production and floral quality under different cultivating environments (polyhouse, insect proof net house, shade net house and open field). The present investigation was carried out during 2019-20 at the Department of Horticulture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. In Haryana, gerbera cultivation, like any other agricultural activity influenced by various factors that impact the growth and yield of the plants. There are many excellent varieties of gerbera with magnificent flowers in exhaustive range of colours, different shades, size and wide range of keeping quality. It is very much necessary to evaluate gerbera cultivars under different growing conditions. There were notable differences in yield and floral quality traits between the cultivars examined. With the exception of the number of flowers at fortnightly intervals, the interacting values of growth conditions and cultivars were determined to be non-significant. In flowering parameters, minimum number of days taken for bud initation to harvest (32.15 days), maximum stalk diameter (6.99 cm), flower disc diameter (2.37 cm), number of ray floret per flower (62.33), number of flowers (8.7) and length of ray floret (5.15 cm) was reported from the plants grown under polyhouse. Szogun outperformed than other varieties in terms of days from bud opening to harvest, stalk diameter, quantity of flowers, and ray floret length, while Feliks had the longest ray florets.

Keywords

Gerbera jamesonii, Growing Conditions, Varieties, Yield and Quality, Ray Florets

Conclusion

From the present investigation, it has been concluded that the variety Szogun performed better with respect to all flowering parameters as compared to other varieties viz. Kormoran, Salsa and Feliks. However, no of ray florets per flower were recorded in variety Salsa and disc diameter was maximum in variety Feliks. All the flowering was found best in polyhouse condition followed byinsect proof net house and open field condition.

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How to cite this article

Raveena, Arvind Malik, Vikas Kumar Sharma, Divya and Monika Yadav (2023). Evaluation of Gerbera Cultivars for Yield and Quality under various Growing Conditions. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(8a): 216-220.