The Asian Journal of Horticulture

Tara Chand Saini ¹, N. D. Polara ², A. A. Bajad ³

Affiliations
1 Rural Horticulture Extension Office, Manawar, Dhar (M.P.), IN
2 Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh (Gujarat), IN
3 Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Horticulture, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.), IN

Abstract

The present experiment was conducted on effect of micronutrients (Fe and Zn) on growth, flowering, flower yield and quality of chrysanthemum(Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) cv. IIHR – 6”. Growth was influenced by different levels of ferrous sulphate. The maximum plant height at 60 DAT (56.11 cm) and 90 DAT (72.33 cm), plant spread in N-S (30.67 cm) and E-W (22.67 cm) direction at flower bud initiation stage and in N-S (38.78 cm) and E-W (31.56 cm) direction at full bloom stage, number of primary branches (4.19) and secondary branches (24.89) at full bloom stage, leaf area (37.11 cm²), number of suckers per plant (20.33), fresh weight (306.67 g) and dry weight (35.44 g) of plant were obtained at FeSO₄ @ 0.8 per cent (F₄). In case of different levels of ZnSO₄, the maximum plant height at 60 DAT (53.67 cm) and 90 DAT (70.33 cm), plant spread in N-S (29.75 cm) and E-W (21.83 cm) direction at flower bud initiation stage and in N-S (37.58 cm) and E-W (30.75 cm) direction at full bloom stage, number of primary branches (4.13) and secondary branches (23.00) at full bloom stage, leaf area (35.33 cm²), number of suckers per plant (18.33), fresh weight (297.50 g) and dry weight (33.00 g) of plant were obtained at ZnSO₄ @ 0.5 per cent (Z₃).

Keywords

Micronutrients, Ferrous Sulphate, Zinc Sulphate, Foliar Application, Chrysanthemum.

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