Introduction and Evaluation of Exotic Gladiolus ( Gladiolus grandifilorus ) Cultivars

摘要

Ten exotic cultivars of Gladiolus namely Wine and roges, Wing?s sensation, Red beauty, Oscar, Praha, City light, Green wood packer, Blue Isle, Priscilla, and Victor borge were evaluated for their performance. Among these cultivars Wine and roges was promising for earlier sprouting of corms, days to flowering, diameter of corms, weight of corm whereas Red beauty was better for number of plants per corm, number of spike per plant and diameter of cormlet. Oscar, Blue Isle and Wine and roges were promising for number of leaves per plant. While Oscar was better for plant height. Blue Isle showed superiority for spike length whereas Victor broge was superior for spike life in field. City light was promising for florets per spike and weight of cormlets. Non-significant differences were obtained for number of corm. Keeping in view the performance, for vegetative and reproductive characteristics Wine and roges, Red beauty, Blue Isle, Victor broge and City light, were recommended for general cultivation.