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Suitability of cut corm as planting materials on flowering and corm-cormel production of gladiolus cultivars
M. Mahasen (a), A. F. Ona (a), T. Taufique (a), H. Mehraj (b) and A. F. M. Jamal Uddin (a)
(a) Dept. of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
(b) The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarami, Matsumaya, Ehime 790-8556, Japan
Volume 04, Issue 01, April 2015, pp. 10-19.
M. Mahasen (a), A. F. Ona (a), T. Taufique (a), H. Mehraj (b) and A. F. M. Jamal Uddin (a)
(a) Dept. of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
(b) The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarami, Matsumaya, Ehime 790-8556, Japan
Volume 04, Issue 01, April 2015, pp. 10-19.
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ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted to study the cut corm as planting materials on flowering and corm-cormel production of gladiolus cultivars. Four different colored gladiolus viz. yellow (V1), lemon yellow (V2), white (V3), pink (V4) and cut corm viz. half corm (C1) with whole corm (control, C2) were used in experiment. Maximum floret number (13.0/spike), basal floret head diameter (9.2 cm) and vase life (5.2 days) was found from V1. All the studied characters were found statistically similar result between C1 and C2. Use of the cut corm did not affect the significantly on the floral and reproductive characters. All cultivars were performed satisfactorily with cut corm. Number of floret/spike reduction was 10.2% in V1, 19.7% in V2 while no reduction in V3 and V4 in half corm over whole corm. Number of corm/plot was reduced 4.5% in V1, 11.2 % in V2 while increased 4.5% in V3 and no reduction in V4 in half corm over whole corm. Therefore using half corm may be beneficial for farmers by reducing half of the planting materials for gladiolus production.
Keywords: Gladiolus, reproductive attributes, half corm and whole corm
Please cite this article as:
Mahasen, M., Ona, A. F., Taufique, T., Mehraj, H. & Jamal Uddin, A. F. M. (2015). Suitability of cut corm as planting materials on flowering and corm-cormel production of gladiolus cultivars. Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research 04(01): 10-19.
An experiment was conducted to study the cut corm as planting materials on flowering and corm-cormel production of gladiolus cultivars. Four different colored gladiolus viz. yellow (V1), lemon yellow (V2), white (V3), pink (V4) and cut corm viz. half corm (C1) with whole corm (control, C2) were used in experiment. Maximum floret number (13.0/spike), basal floret head diameter (9.2 cm) and vase life (5.2 days) was found from V1. All the studied characters were found statistically similar result between C1 and C2. Use of the cut corm did not affect the significantly on the floral and reproductive characters. All cultivars were performed satisfactorily with cut corm. Number of floret/spike reduction was 10.2% in V1, 19.7% in V2 while no reduction in V3 and V4 in half corm over whole corm. Number of corm/plot was reduced 4.5% in V1, 11.2 % in V2 while increased 4.5% in V3 and no reduction in V4 in half corm over whole corm. Therefore using half corm may be beneficial for farmers by reducing half of the planting materials for gladiolus production.
Keywords: Gladiolus, reproductive attributes, half corm and whole corm
Please cite this article as:
Mahasen, M., Ona, A. F., Taufique, T., Mehraj, H. & Jamal Uddin, A. F. M. (2015). Suitability of cut corm as planting materials on flowering and corm-cormel production of gladiolus cultivars. Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research 04(01): 10-19.
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