Effect of plant growth regulators on vegetative growth, flowering and corms production of gladiolus in Arunachal Pradesh

摘要

The total area under the floricultural crops in India has been estimated around 94,000 hectares. Among which, bulbous ornamentals are cultivated over 3,500 hectares with maximum under gladiolus (1,270 hectares). Gladiolus with its range of cues, styles and patterns always interested the consumers, floriculturists, interior designers and exporters. It has a great share in cut flower industry and fetch good premium for the money invested. It occupies fifth place in the international floriculture tradeand the potential money spinner for India's floriculture industry. (Barman et al., 2). It is cultivated in length and breadth of country in many tropical, sub-tropical and hilly parts of the country due to ever increasing demand of this elegant cut flower; however, there is a huge gap in supply and demand of this high value crop.