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

Email :

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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