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Performance of different cultivars of gerbera under polyhouse conditionR.R. CHOBE, P.B. PACHANKAR AND S.D. WARADE
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Correspondence to :
P.B. PACHANKAR
A.I.C.R.P. on Potato,
National Agricultural
Research Project,
Ganeshkhind, PUNE (M.S.)
INDIA
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ABSTRACTThe study was carried out to evaluate the performance of thirty cultivars of gerbera (Gerbera
jamesonii) at Hi-tech Floriculture and Vegetable Improvement Project, College of Agriculture,
Pune during 2008-09 under naturally ventilated polyhouse condition. The results revealed that
the cultivar Sonata performed better in number of leaves plant-1, plant spread and flower yield.
However, cultivar Martinique had larger diameter of flower, Danelli with maximum flower stalk
length. Maximum stalk thickness was observed in cultivar California. Cultivar Bastion recorded
maximum vase life. Overall performance of cultivars Sonata, Entourage, Bastion, Danelli, Frisbel,
Onedine, California were found better.
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Gerbera is an ideal flower for cut flower, beds, borders,
rock gardens and pot culture. The flowers are of
attractive colour and used for floral arrangement. Now a
day, gerbera is one of the most important cut flower and
it has tremendous demand in local as well as foreign
market. Therefore present study was carried out to
evaluate 30 exotic cultivars of gerbera for their growth,
quality and yield under naturally ventilated polyhouse
condition.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The present investigation was carried out at the Hi-
tech Floriculture and Vegetable Improvement Project,
College of Agriculture, Pune. during 2008-09 to study the
performance of gerbera cultivars viz., Entourage, Bastion,
Softcell, California, Monthblanc, Danelli, Frisbel, Fiction,
Carambole, Scope, Picobella, Onedine, Loveliness, W.
Grizzly, Lomboegine, Dina, Esperenza, Gucci, Grizzly,
Solem, Verginia, Tecla, Devil, Banesa, Martinque, Skyline,
Viviane, Opium, Woman, Sonata under naturally ventilated
polyhouse of 560m2 area. Polyhouse was cladded with
UV stabilized rigidex film of 200 micron. For temperature
and light intensity control overhead foggers and 50 per
cent rollable shadenet was used inside the polyhouse.
The tissue cultured plantlets of 30 different gerbera
varieties procured from M/s Kumar Florist Bioplants,
M/s Gemini Agrovet, Spic Floriculture all are from Pune,
planted in Jan. 2007 in pots lifted on iron stands of height
60 cm occupying 30 pots arrangement in two rows unit
of 30 pots. Walkway distance between two stands was
of 60 cm. For planting, clay pot having capacity three
liters and media cocopeat were used. The irrigation and
fertigation was provided in cycles by computer controlled
system. The experiment was laid out in Completely
Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Each
treatment in each replication consist of 5 plants. The
observations on growth, flower quality, flower yield and
vase life parameters were recorded in each replication
treatment-1.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The results obtained from the present investigation
as well as relevant discussion have been summarised
under following heads:
Growth:
Data from Table 1 revealed that significant variation
was observed among different cultivars. Cultivar Sonata
(48.33) recorded highest number of leaves plant-1 followed
by Fiction, Verginia and Entourage while cultivar Bastion
(30.73) recorded least number of leaves plant-1. The
cultivar Sonata (74.26 cm) recorded significantly
Chobe, R.R., Pachankar, P.B. and Warade, S.D. (2010). Performance of different cultivars of gerbera under polyhouse condition, Asian J.
Hort., 5 (2) : 333-335.
Key words : Gerbera, Polyhouse, Performance
The Asian Journal of Horticulture; Vol. 5 No. 2; (December, 2010) : 333-335
Received : May, 2010; Accepted : September, 2010
Research Paper
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maximum plant spread followed by Skyline and
Lomboegine while, cultivar W. Grizzly (56.90 cm)
recorded least plant spread. Similar kind of variation had
also been reported by Magar (2008) in gerbera varieties.
Significantly maximum leaf area was recorded in
cultivar Grizzly (274.93 cm2) followed by W. Grizzly and
Sonata while, cultivar Softcell (143.89 cm2) recorded
minimum leaf area. Wankhede et al. (2004) recorded
similar observations in leaf area of gerbera. Highest
number of suckers plant-1 at end of year was recorded
maximum in cultivar Gucci (9.20) followed by Sonata,
Entourage and Varginia while cultivar Fiction (5.27)
recorded lowest number of suckers plant-1. Magar (2008)
and Kolte (2008) also recorded similar observations in
gerbera.
Flower quality:
Flower quality parameters such as flower stalk length,
flower diameter, flower stalk thickness and number of
ray florets were significantly different in different cultivars.
The minimum number of days required for first flowering
was observed in cultivar Onedine (51.10 days) followed
by Tecla and Viviane while maximum number of days
required for first flowering was observed in cultivar Frisbel
(78.53 days). These findings are also in accordance with
the results of Magar (2008) and Kolte (2008).
Cultivar Martinque (13.33 cm) produced flowers with
significantly highest diameter followed by Devil and
Entourage while cultivar Sonata (8.48 cm) recorded least
flower diameter. Significantly highest flower stalk
thickness recorded in cultivar California (0.83 cm)
followed by Fiction and Loveliness while, cultivar Sonata
(0.56 cm) recorded lowest stalk thickness. Significantly
maximum stalk length recorded in cultivar Danelli (70.71
cm) followed by Frisbel and Banesa while cultivar
Onedine (52.40 cm) produced flowers with significantly
lowest stalk length. Similar findings were recorded by
Koltle (2008), Bhuyar et al. (2004) and Anuradha and
Gowda (1999).
Cultivar Frisbel (435.73) recorded highest number
of ray florets flower-1 followed by Softcell and Women
while, cultivar Montblanc (54.13) recorded lowest number
of ray florets flower-1. Magar (2008) and Kolte (2008)
also recorded similar kind of observation in gerbera.
Flower yield and vase life:
The data revealed that significantly maximum flower
yield plant-1 (62.87) was produced by cultivar Sonata
followed by Opium and Scope while cultivar Onedine
(42.27) recorded least number of flowers plant-1. Such
variation in flower yield was reported in gerbera by
Anuradha and Gowda (1999) and Magar (2008). As regard
to vase life cultivar Bastion (17.06 days) recorded
significant maximum vase life followed by Entourage and
Softcell, while, least vase life was observed in cultivar
Viviane (9.07 days).
From these results it can be inferred that all the
cultivars show significant results in growth, quality and
yield. The cultivar Sonata performed better in number of
leaves plant-1, plant spread and flower yield while, cultivar
Martinque produced flowers with highest flower diameter
and cultivar Danelli with maximum flower stalk length.
cultivar Bastion recorded maximum vase life. Hence,
cultivar Sonata, Entourage, Bastion, Danelli, Frisbel,
Onedine, California can be recommended for commercial
cultivation under polyhouse condition.
Authors’ affiliations:
R.R. CHOBE, A.I.C.R.P. on Potato, National
Agricultural Research Project, Ganeshkhind, PUNE
(M.S.) INDIA
S.D. WARADE, Department of Horticulture, Mahatma
Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, AHMEDNAGAR
(M.S.) INDIA
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PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF GERBERA UNDER POLYHOUSE CONDITION