Journal of Ornamental Horticulture
  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Effect of Spacing on Yield and Quality of Gerbera (Gerbera Jamesonii Bolus Ex Hoof. F) Under Polyhouse

  • Author:
  • S.B. Gurav, B.R. Singh, U.T. Desai, S.M. Katwate, D.S. Kakade, A.V. Dhane
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 62 to 64

All India Co-ordinated Floriculture Improvement Project, National Agricultural Research Project (Plain Zone), Ganeshkhind, Pune-411 007, Maharastra

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of three spacings 30×20, 30×30 and 30×40 cm on yield and quality of gerbera cv. Tonneke under polyhouse conditions. The results indicated that the spacing of 30 X 30 cm significantly produced more number of flowers/plant/year (25.50), more number of flowers/m2/season (102.40) and maximum number (83.31) of ‘A’ grade flowers/m2/season The spacing of 30 X 40 cm, however, significantly produced flowers with longer stalk length (52.50 cm) and larger diameter (11.60 cm). The plant spacing of 30 X 30 cm, therefore, can be recommended as the most optimum spacing for quality production in gerbera.

Keywords

Spacing, gerbera, yield quality, polyhouse