Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
Divya, Arvind Malik, RPS Dalal and Raveena

Abstract:
Effect of time of planting and bio inoculants on vegetative growth of Gladiolus cv White prosperity was studied at Agri-Tourism Centre, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during the year 2020-21. Among the different planting dates, the minimum number of days to sprouting (7.88 days), the maximum number of leaves (9.06), the maximum plant height (110.49 cm), maximum leaf length (35.39 cm) and maximum leaf width (3.73 cm) were recorded in the 1st fortnight of October. While among different treatments of bio inoculants, treatment T₈ (RDF + Azotobacter + PSB + Mycorrhiza) performed best with the minimum number of days to sprouting (7.33), the maximum number of leaves (10.31), maximum plant height (115.12 cm), maximum leaf length (37.42 cm) and maximum leaf width (4.70 cm).