Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, district: Udham Singh Nagar, Uttaranchal, 263145, e-mail: anilksingh_hort@rediffinail.com
The study was conducted on performance of 29 genotypes of African marigold (Tagetes erecta linn.) under Uttaranchal conditions. Experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications, at Horticulture Research Centre, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, during 2002–2003.
Plants were raised in nursery beds during September 2002 and transplanted after one month for evaluation. Significant variation of germplasm was recorded in all the growth and flowering parameters. The germplasm TEG16 exhibited best performance on number of primary branches/plant, number of flowers/plant and dry weight of leaf. However, germplasm TEG17 resulted in maximum flower longevity and dry weight of flower, whereas maximum duration of flowering was recorded with TEG13. Germplasm TEG23 exerted poorest performance on various growth and flowering attributes.
Germplasm, evaluation, marigold
