Effect of Bio-stimulants and their Application Methods on Growth, Flowering, Yield and Vase life of Asiatic lilium cv. Fangio

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Effect of bio-stimulants and their application methods on growth, flowering, yield and vase life of Asiatic lilium cv. Fangio” was carried out during November, 2022 to March, 2023 in, Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS. The experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design with ten treatment combinations, with application of three Biostimulants like Humicil, Hydropro gold and Biovita at different levels, which was replicated thrice. It was concluded that the application of biostimulants rendered their significant effect on almost all the growth, flowering yield and vase life characters as well as quality of lilium. The treatment T3 i.e., application of Biovita (Foliar method) found superior in terms of Plant height(70.84 cm), Stem girth (0.80 cm) Number of leaves(87.47),Leaf area (13.63 cm2), Bud diameter (2.56 cm), Flower diameter (14.68 cm), Fresh weight of stem (34.73 g), Vase life (12.60 days), Diameter of bulb (5.21 cm), Weight of bulb per plant (64.75 g) Number of flowers per plant (4.91), Number of flowers per 200 m2 (10924.83), Weight of bulbs per plant (0.071 kg), and Weight of bulbs per 200m2 (157.02 kg).