Response of different densities of corm planting, namely, 15, 25, 40, 50 and 60 corms/m2 was studied. Various growth, flower and corm parameters did not differ significantly with each other and the treatments planting of 15, 25,40 and 50 corms/m2 were found to be at parwith each other. Significantly highest number of cormels per plant (42.75) were obtained by planting 15 corms/m2. Where as with other treatments, namely, planting of 25, 40, 50 and 60 corms/m2, the number of cormels obtained per plant were 36.25, 24.00, 16.50 and 13.75 respectively. It was observed that different densities of corm planting did not have significant effect on percentage of corms infected per plot and also percentage of surface area infected per corm. This shows that a corm density of 50 corms/m2 could be conviniently followed for commercial cultivation of gladiolus.
