Standardization of planting time and geometry on growth, flowering and seed yield of gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella Foug.)
Research Type
AICRP Research
Experiment Background
Gaillardia is popular flowering annual belongs to family asteraceae and native to central and southern United States. Gaillardia is commonly known as ‘Blanket Flower’ and produce bright and colorful daisy-like flowers which are made up of numerous tubular or quilled petals. It is mostly grown for loose flowers and cut flowers as well as excellent for border display in gardens. Gaillardia pulchella is a free flowering annual which blooms in succession for quite sometimes throughout the year. It can be grown for a greater part of the year and flowering season can further be extended by removing the faded flowers. Although, appropriate time of planting is required to obtained maximum production with better quality of flowers. Furthermore, planting geometry has also an imperative share for better vegetative growth and flower production. Keeping these points in a view, the present experiment was planned to standardize the planting time and geometry on growth, flowering and seed yield of gaillardia.
Experiment Group
Horticulture
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Department
(215)Floriculture and Landscape Architecture,ACHF, Navsari
BudgetHead
(329/02100/00)329/26/REG/00294
Objective
To find out the effect of planting time on growth, flowering and seed yield of gaillardia
To find out the effective spacing for growth, flowering and seed yield of gaillardia
To know the interaction effect of planting time and spacing on growth, flowering and seed yield of gaillardia
Season
Rabi
Location Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Location Unit
(13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Location Department
(215)Floriculture and Landscape Architecture,ACHF, Navsari
Plot No
D-13
PI Name
(NAU-EMP-2013-000929)DIPAL SHIVAM BHATT
PI Email
dipalbhatt@nau.in
PI Mobile
9909423528
Year of Approval
2021
Commencement Year
2021
Completion Year
2024
Design of Experiment
Randomized Block Design with factorial concept (FRBD)
Crop Spacing (cm x cm)
Factor 1: Geometry (Row x Plant)
G1 - 45 cm x 45 cm
G2 - 60 cm x 60 cm
Gross Plot (m x m)
3.60 m x 3.60 m
Net Plot (m x m)
1.80 m x 1.80 m (for G1) , 2.40 m x 2.40 m (for G2)