Abstracts |
A study was conducted during 2002-03 in Karnataka, India, to assess the influence of biofertilizers on growth and flowering of Anthurium andraeanum cv. Hondura. Treatments consists of one time application of NPK at 30:20:40 g/m2 per year; split application of NPK at 30:20:40 g/m2 per year; split application of NPK at 30:20:40 g/m2 per year + vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM); split application of NPK at 30:20:40 g/m2 per year + Azospirillum; and split application of NPK at 30:20:40 g/m2 per year + Azotobacter. The results revealed that combined application of Azospirillum along with the split application of NPK at 30:20:40 g/m2 per year resulted in producing the maximum plant height (38.38 cm), number of leaves (8.69), leaf length (19.71 cm), leaf width (12.26 cm), canopy height (27.94 cm), canopy width (38.51 cm), number of suckers (2.69), flower stalk length (41.55 cm), spathe length (8.62 cm), spathe width (7.19 cm), spadix length (6.00 cm), spadix girth (6.22 mm) and number of flowers (6.63) and which was a superior treatment compared to other treatments. The one time application of NPK at 30:20:40 g/m2 per year showed minimum plant height, number of leaves, leaf length and width, canopy height and width, number of suckers, flower stalk length, spathe length and width, spadix length and spadix girth and number of flowers. |