Progressive Agriculture
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

Effect of Biofertilizers with Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Sprouting of Bulbs and Flowering in Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) Cv. Double

  • Author:
  • S.V.S. Chaudhary
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 277 to 281

Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.)

Abstract

Influence of biofertilizers (No biofertilizer, Azotobacter, PSB and VAM), nitrogen doses (0, 50, 100 and 200 kg/ha) and phosphorus (0, 50, 100 and 200 kg/ha) alone and in combination were tested on the time taken for sprouting of bulbs, spike emergence and basal floret opening in tuberose cv. Double. The biofertilizers application with lower N and P doses advanced the flowerinc and sprouting of bulbs and reduced the amount of chemical fertilizers.

Keywords

Azotobacter, nitrogen, tuberose, VAM