Performance of Different Varieties of Gladiolus under Prayagraj agro-Climatic conditions

An experiment was carried out in the Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, from November, 2023 to March, 2024. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with fifteen varieties, replicated thrice. It is concluded that among the different varieties of gladiolus variety V6 (Pusa Suhagin) performed significantly better in plant height (90.69 cm), number of leaves (10), leaf area index (0.22), spike length (113.6 cm), more number of spikes per plant (2.83), more number of florets per spike(16), however less number of days taken for first sprouting recorded in V15 (Snow Board, 7 days) and Vase life highest in variety V9 (Arka Pratham, 11.66 days).