Evaluation of different Varieties of Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandifloras L.) Cultivars under Agro-climatic Conditions of Prayagraj, India

An experiment was conducted during rabi season 2023 at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh). The experiment has 20 different varieties laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) in three replications. The results showed that the all the cultivars had significant differences for vegetative, floral, corm characters when evaluated under Agro climatic conditions of Prayagraj. Twenty cultivars namely Pusa Sindhuri, Pusa Suhagin, Red Ginger, Red Majesty, Sancerre, Shahanoda, Shobha, Smoky Lady, Snow Princess, Solan shrinagar, Souvik Biscuits, Suyrakiran, Swarnima, Sweta, Tambri, Urmi, VickyLin, WeddingCreamby, White Prosperity, Yellow Stone were evaluated for their performance. Based on their performance, it is concluded that all the cultivars can be grown under Prayagraj Agro climatic conditions, but cultivar yellow stone, white property, wedding creamby, Vickylin has found to be promising in respect of all parameters under Agro climatic conditions of Prayagraj.