Effect of Varieties and Spacing on Flower Yield of Cut Chrysanthemum

An experiment to study the effect of varieties and spacing on flower yield of cut chrysanthemum was carried out at Horticulture Section, College of Agriculture, Nagpur, during September 2012 to January 2013. The experiment was laidout in factorial randomized block design with three replications having five different varieties (Shubra, Sonali Tara, Fantastic, Heritage and Kundan) and three levels of spacing (45 x 15 cm, 45 x 22.5 cm and 45 x 30 cm). Significant results were recorded with respect to maximum number of sprays per plant was obtained in variety Fantastic under the spacing 45 x 30 cm and maximum number of sprays per plot and per hectare was obtained in variety Fantastic under the spacing 45 x 15 cm. Maximum number of flowers per spray was recorded in variety Heritage and under the spacing 45 x 30 cm. Maximum number of cut flowers per plant was obtained in variety Fantastic under the spacing 45 x 30 cm and maximum number of cut flowers per plot and per hectare was obtained in variety Fantastic under the spacing 45 x 15 cm. The interaction effect of varieties and spacing were found to be significant with respect to number of sprays plot⁻¹, hectare⁻¹ and number of cut flowers plot⁻¹& hectare⁻¹. The treatment combination of variety Kundan and spacing 45 x 15 cm had found significantly superior over all other treatment combinations with respect to number of sprays plot⁻¹ and number of sprays ha⁻¹ and interaction effect of variety Fantastic and spacing 45 x 15 cm had found significantly superior over all other treatment combinations in respect tonumber of cutflowers plot^{1 and number of cut flowers ha−1.}