Influence of Gibberellic Acid and Planting Date on Growth and Flowering in Gladiolus Cv. Yellow Frilled

Authors

  • Suman Kumari Author
  • B S Patel Author
  • L N Mahawer Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v6i2.416

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted during 2004-05 rabi season to test the influence of gibberellic acid (GA3) and planting date on growth and flowering in gladiolus cv. Yellow Frilled, at S.D.A.U., S.K. Nagar (Gujarat). This was done in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and analysed under factorial setup to study the interaction. Results revealed that the earliest sprouting in corm, maximum plant height, number of leaves plant-1, leaf area plant-1, early spike emergence, number of spikes plant-1plot-1, spike length, rachis length, number of florets spike-1, and flowering duration were recorded in the earliest planting date, i.e., 25th October. Dipping corm in GA3 (100pm) also proved to be the best leading to earliest corm sprouting, and various growth/flowering parameters. From these results, it is concluded that in gladiolus, planting on 25th October along with dipping of corms in gibberellic acid (100ppm) at the time of planting, is most effective for improved growth and flowering.

References

Arora, J.S. and Sandhu, G.S. 1987. Effect of two planting dates on the performance of fifteen gladiolus cultivars. Punjab Hort. J., 27:243-249

Awad, A.R.E. and Hamied, A.A. 1985. Anatomical study on gladiolus stem apex as affected by kinetin, gibberellin, Ethephon concentrations and gamma- irradiation doses. Acta Hort., 167:177-185

Bankar, G.J. and Mukhopadhyay, A. 1980. A note on effect of time of planting on growth, flowering and corm production in gladiolus. Ind. J. Hort., 37:305-308

Bhattacharjee, S.K. 1984.The effects of growth regulating chemicals on gladiolus, Gartenbauwissenschaft, 49:103-106

Biswas, J., Bose, T.K. and Maiti, R.G. 1983. Effect of growth substances on growth and flowering of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.). South Ind. Hort., 31:129-132

Cocozza, M. 1971. Gladiolus production and quality. Pepinieristes Horticultures, Maraichers, 119:31-36

Delvadia, D.V., Ahlawat, T.R. and Meena, B. J. 2009. Effect of different GA3 concentrations and frequency on growth, flowering and yield in gaillardia cv. Lorenziana. J. Hort. Sci., 4:81-84

Dod, V.N., Sadawrate, K.T., Kulwal, L.V. and Vaidya, S.W. 1989. Effect of dates of planting and size of corm on growth and flower yield of gladiolus. P.K.V. Res. J., 13:164-165

Gaastra, P. 1980. Climatic control of photosynthesis and respiration. In Environmental Control of Plant Growth. Evans, L.T. (ed.), Academic Press, New Delhi, pp. 113-118

Jana, B.K. and Biswas, S. 1982. Effect of growth regulators on growth and flowering of tuberose. South Ind. Hort., 30:163-165

Janowska, B., Schroeter-Zakrzewska, A. and Rybus-Zaj¹c, M. 2009. Effect of benzyladenine and gibberellic acid on the growth and flowering of Anemone coronaria L. ‘Sylphide’. Electonic J. Polish Agril. Univ., 12: pp 2

Khanna, K. and Gill, A.P.S. 1983. Effect of planting time of gladiolus corms on flower and cormel production. Punjab Hort. J., 23:116-120

Laskar, M.A. and Jana, B.K. 1994. Effect of planting time and size of corms on plant growth, flowering and corm production of gladiolus. Ind. Agri., 38:89-97

Mahesh, K.S. and Misra, R.L. 1993. Effect of growth regulators on gladiolus. J. Orn. Hort., 1:12-15

Misra, R.L. 1997. Residual effect of previous planting seasons on growth and flowering of gladiolus in the following growing season. Ann. Agril., Res. 18:222-224

Mittal, S.P. 1967. Studies on the effect of gibberellin on growth and flowering of dahlia. Madras Agri. J., 54:103-107

Mohanty, C.R., Sena, D.K. and Das, R.C. 1994. Studies on the effect of corm size and pre-planting chemicals treatment of corms on growth and flowering of gladiolus. Orissa J. Hort., 22:1-4

Moazzam, H.A., Zeynab, R. and Jafar, A. 2011. Response of tuberose to gibberellic acid and benzyladenine. Hortl. Environ. Biotechnol., 52:46-51

Mukhopadhyay, A. and Bankar, G.J. 1986. Pre-planting soaking of corms with gibberellic acid, modified growth and flowering of gladiolus cv. ‘Friendship’. Ind. Agri., 30:317-319

Panse, V.G. and Sukhtame, P.V. 1985. Statistical methods for agricultural workers, ICAR Publication, New Delhi, pp. 145-156

Ravidas, L., Rajeevan, P.K. and Valsala Kumari, P.K. 1992. Effect of foliar application of growth regulators on the growth, flowering and corm yield of gladiolus cv. Friendship. South Ind. Hort., 40:329-335

Roychoudhauri, N., Biswas, J., Dhua, R.S. and Mitra, S.K. 1985. Effect of chemicals on germination, growth, flowering and corm yield of gladiolus. Ind. Agri., 29:215-217

Runkle, E. 2006. Recovering from a PGR overdose. Greenhouse Production News, 16:78

Saini, R.S., Gupta, A.K. and Yamdagni, R. 1988. Effect of planting time on the flowering and cormel production of gladiolus (Gladiolus floribundus L.). South Ind. Hort., 36:248-251

Shillo, R. and Halevy, A.H. 1981. Flower and corm development in gladiolus as affected by photoperiod. Sci. Hort., 15:187-196

Singh, J.N., Singh, D.K. and Sharma K.K. 1994. Effect of GA 3 and Alar on growth, flowering and seed production of dahlia (Dahlia variabilis L.). Orissa J. Hort., 22:10-12

Downloads

Published

31-12-2011

Issue

Section

Original Research Papers

How to Cite

Kumari, S., Patel, B. S., & Mahawer, L. N. (2011). Influence of Gibberellic Acid and Planting Date on Growth and Flowering in Gladiolus Cv. Yellow Frilled. Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 6(2), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v6i2.416