Journal of Krishi Vigyan
Open Access
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 1

Evaluation of Different Varieties of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta) in Chhattisgarh Plains

1Assistant professor, All India co-ordinated Research project on floriculture (voluntary centre) College of Agriculture, Raipur (C.G.) Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvawidyalaya

2Associate Professor, Department of floriculture and landscape, College of Agriculture, Raipur (C.G.) Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvawidyalaya

All India co-ordinated Research project on floriculture (voluntary centre) College of Agriculture, Raipur (C.G.) Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvawidyalaya

*Corresponding Author's Email: dansenavinay802@gmail.com

Online Published on 05 January, 2023.

Abstract

Evaluation of seven genotype/verities of African marigold, has been taken up at Instructional farm,College of Agriculture, Raipur during 2021–2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. The analysis of variance revealed significant variation for most of the parameters. The results revealed that highest plant height (110.89cm), number of secondary branches (32.67), peduncle length (10.17cm) was noted in AM-19-TL-Do-1. Arka Agni recorded maximum number of leaves (40.22), plant spread (106.11 cm), and flower diameter (4.64cm). Earliest 50% flowering (50.56), heaviest flower weight(4.87g), highest yield per plant (330g), highest yield per plot (9.9 kg) and yield per hactare (16.29t). Maximum number of flowers (78) in single plant observed in Pusa Basanti.

Keywords

Flower size, Genotype, Plant height, Secondary branches