Lilium is one of the most important cut flower and ranks second among bulbous flowers in international market. The scope of the study lies in the fact that despite having the congenial climate of Kashmir for bulb production, the cultivators are importing the bulbs from abroad, so...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i430083
Vegetative growth of China aster (Callistephus chinenesis (L.) NEES) cv. Powder Puff as influenced by pinching, planting density and nutrient sprays was evaluated in a biannual (2016 and 2017) field experiment and the data was presented in pooled form. The experiment comprised of...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40510
An experiment entitled “Effect of growth regulators on plant growth and flowering in dahlia (Dahlia variabilis) cv. Charmit” was conducted to evaluate the response of dahlia to different growth regulators (Ethephon @ 500, 750 and 1000 ppm, Alar @ 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm and Malei...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/32007
The investigation was carried out to study the response of cut stem to sucrose and chemicals in terms of quality and vase life. The Experiment was comprised of 14 holding solutions containing sucrose 3 percent, biocide citric acid (200 and 400 ppm), aluminium sulphate (50 and 100...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43735
An experiment was conducted to standardize the protocol for in vitro callusing of two carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) cultivars viz., ‘Scania’ and ‘Indios’. Different explants tried were leaf segments, nodal segments, shoot tips and apical shoots. Apical shoots were also use...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/39618
The study was conducted to standardise protocol for sterilisation of different explants of chrysanthemum cvs. “Candid and “Flirt”. Different explants tried were shoot tips, petals, nodal segments and leaf. Carbendazim 200 ppm for 30 minutes + mercuric chloride (0.1%) dip for 2 mi...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45143
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of different concentrations of Alar (Diaminozide) and Ethephon (Ethrel) as spray applications on two cultivars of pot grown Alstroemeria to study their effect on different vegetative parameters under shaded conditions during t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42651