Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 25, No 2 (2012)

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Effect of plant spacing on yield and quality of garland chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium L.)

A.V.D. Dorajeerao, A.N. Mokashi, V.S. Patil, C.K. Venugopal, S. Lingaraju, R.V. Koti

Abstract


A study was conducted with an objective of evaluating the effect of plant spacing on yield and quality of garland chrysanthemum at Floriculture Unit, UAS, Dharwad. It was found that the flower yield per ha was highest at 30 cm x 30 cm spacing level (S30 x 30) which was at par with S30 x 40 level in both kharif and rabi seasons. The number of flowers per plant was increasing as the plants were widely spaced, highest being recorded at S60 x 60 level. The increase in mean flower weight was not significant, though it occurred in widely spaced plants. Quality parameters, viz. mean flower diameter, hundred flower weight as well as thousand seed weight increased with increasing levels of spacing from S30 x 30 to S60 x 60, but the differences were found to be statistically non-significant.

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