Effect of pinching on flowering and yield in different varieties of marigold (Tagetes spp)
Keywords:
Marigold, variety, pinching, yieldAbstract
The field experiment conducted during Rabi season of the year 2017-18, to study the response of marigold varieties (Pusa basanti gainda, pusa arpita and yellow 09) to different levels of pinching (Control-No pinching, pinching after 3 weeks of transplanting, pinching after 5 weeks of transplanting and double pinching - Pinching after 3 and 5 weeks of transplanting), showed that the earliest initiation of flowering (38.00 DAT) and minimum days for 50 per cent flowering (53.00) was recorded in control (no pinching) in Yellow 09. The double pinching in Yellow 09 recorded significantly maximum numbers of pickings (7.15). The longest crop duration (flowering period) and highest yield of 27.54 days and 176.16 q ha-1, respectively in Yellow 09 variety with double pinching was recorded.
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