Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Poornima S, Munikrishnappa PM, Seetharamu GK, Rajiv Kumar, Amreen Taj, Anil Kumar and Mohan Kumar

Abstract:
An experiment was carried out at College of Horticulture, UHS campus, Bengaluru during 2018-20. The experiment was laid out in a Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design (FRCBD) comprising of two factors. The present investigation was carried out to study the response of gypsophila to growth and quality with different spacing and growing condition. Results revealed that among growth parameters, plant height, plant spread (East-West and North- South), number of primary and secondary branches, leaf area and flower stalk length and girth were highest in plants grown under polyhouse condition (G₁). Among the different spacing, maximum growth parameters were recorded in S₄ (50 cm × 50 cm) spaced plants. In G × S interaction, plants grown under polyhouse with wider spacing were taller (96.00 cm) compared to shade house. Significant increase in plant spread: East-West (67.42 cm), plant spread: North-South (66.76 cm), number of primary branches (16.15), number of secondary branches (30.55) and leaf area (24.05 cm²) after plantingwhile, shade grown pants with narrow spacing recorded the least growth.