Vol. 7, Issue 7 (2018)

Author(s):
Abhipsa Priyadarshini, SK Palai and MR Nath

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out at Biotechnology-cum-Tissue Culture Centre of the Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, CA, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, during the year 2017 - 2018. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications and eleven treatment combinations comprising of inorganic fertilizers and organic manures. Among the treatments, application of 75% N from Urea and 25% N from vermicompost (T₈) resulted in significant differences in vegetative characters, floral characters and yield attributing traits such as plant height, plant spread (N-S & E-W), number of branches (primary and secondary branches), leaf area, stem diameter, days to 50% flowering, days to first flower bud appearance, days to first harvest, shelf-life of flower, flowering duration, number of flower per plant, number of harvests, number of flower per m² and weight (yield) of flower per plant. Size of flower (diameter) and individual flower weight did not vary significantly among the treatments in this experiment.