Study the effect of disbudding on growth and yield on chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) CV. Snowball

Experiment to investigate the effect of disbudding on growth and yield on Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) cv. Snowball which was carried out on the field during August, 2020 at the Horticulture Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Modipuram, Meerut-250110. The experimental materials comprised of sixteen treatments were plantedin Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. Data showed the significant variationamong all characters. The result indicated that maximum plant height (53.76 cm), number of branches per plant (7.61), number of leaves per plant (92.68 plant ⁻¹), leaf area (57.90cm²), days to first flower budinitiation (60.36 days), stalk length (cm) (9.54 cm), diameter of flowers (94.92 mm), average flower yield per plant (g) (236.59), average flower yield per plot (kg ha-1) (9.26), average Yield (t ha ⁻¹) (35.46) from T4 No disbudding (control).