Suvigya Gautam and Aman Singh

The genetic materials was consisted of eleven gladiolus genotypes viz., White propsparity, Candy man, Friendship pink, American beauty, True yellow, Her majesty, Red majesty, Novalux, Advantage, Sovenior saffron and White friendship Trial shown in a randomized block design (RBD) with three replications was used. Experiment was conducted at Farm of Department of Horticulture at Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences Naini, Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh in Rabi season 2019. From the results Corms yield/plant showed significantly and positive correlation with plant height rachis length, floret length, floret diameter, duration of flowering (days), number of corm produced per mother corm, number of cormels/plant, number of corms per hectare and number of cormels/ hectare and vase life indicating that an intense selection for these characters will improve seed yield in Gladiolus

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