Vol. 12, Special Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Gunjan Jha and Dr. LS Verma

Abstract:
The main objective of investigation was to utilize the rice bunds through selection of best crops and evaluate the suitable flower crops under bund condition. The main objective of this investigation was selection of superior variety of Gladiolus to utilize the rice bund. The present investigation was undertaken in the field of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Rajnandgaon, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G) during winter season of 2018-20. The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design with four replications. The treatment comprised of four varieties of Gladiolus. Under this investigation the growth attributes plant height and number of leaves were shown significantly maximum in variety red Majesty but length of leaves was shown in variety Summer Sunshine and in flowering characters Candyman variety shown maximum number of florets and weight of spikes gram per plant and maximum number of spikes per plant was noted in American Beauty statistically superior from others. Yield attributing parameters number of corms and number of spikes per hectare were found maximum in Candyman and America Beauty respectively.