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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An investigation on evaluation of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) was conducted during2017-2018 at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. In this experiment 14 tuberose varieties were evaluated. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The results of experiment was revealed that the earliest spike emergence was recorded in variety Pune Local Single. The variety Pune Local Single was reported earliest flowering whereas, late flowering was recorded in ACC NO-9. Variety Arka Nirantara was recorded maximum length of spike while minimum length of spike was recorded in variety ACC NO-7.Cultivar ACC NO-9 was recorded maximum rachis length and minimum rachis length was recorded in cultivar Mexican Single. Cultivar Phule Rajani was recorded maximum number of florets per spike and minimum number of florets per spike was recorded in cultivar Mexican Single. Maximum length of floret was reported in variety Prajwaland minimum length of floret was recorded in variety ACC NO-7.Maximum diameter of floret was recorded in variety Prajwal. Whereas, the minimum diameter of floret was recorded in variety Mexican Single. Minimum inter nodal length was recorded in variety ACC NO-7 and maximum inter nodal length was recorded in variety Calcutta Double. Variety Calcutta Single was recorded maximum duration of flowering while minimum duration of flowering was found in variety ACC NO-7. Cultivar Prajwal was recorded maximum number of spikes per plant while cv. ACC NO-7 was reported minimum number of spikes per plant.