Annals of Horticulture

Present investigation was carried out to study the analysis of Gladiolus cv. Pusa Kiran for its yield and economics in Western region of Uttar Pradesh. The improved variety of Pusa Kiran was planted along with local variety Tigar Flame as check in 0.8ha each in the fields of six farmers at Pipli Khera and Lawar villages in block of Kharkhoda and Sardhana in Meerut district under the programme of “On Farm Testing (OFT)” during October 2017-18 and 2018-19. Two varieties were used in this experiment and Pusa Kiran gladiolus bulbs were supplied to the farmers under treatment T² was Pusa Kiran whereas T¹ was local variety Tigar Flame. The high yielding variety of Pusa Kiran has been compared with local variety i.e, Tigar Flame. The results revealed that among the varieties Pusa Kiran recorded significantly higher number of spikes per plant (1.45 no. of spikes/plant), number of flowers per spike (8.70 no. of flowers/spike), spike length (44.10 cm), and flower spike yield per hectare (143400 no. of spike/ha). The economic parameters viz., benefit cost ratio (1:3.86), marginal benefit cost ratio (17.24) and relative economic efficiency (28.12) were recorded more in Pusa Kiran than Tigar Flame varieties of gladiolus. The Pusa Kiran variety showed superiority over Tigar Flame and with found suitable for western region of Uttar Pradesh.