TAILIEUCHUNG - Evaluation of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) in summer rice fallows of Wayanad, India

African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) is a herbaceous annual flowering plant belonging to family Asteraceae. Apart from its popular use in landscape gardening and garland making, it is now gaining popularity as a natural source of food colour. It is found in different colour shades of yellow and orange with different fragrance. A study was conducted in summer rice fallows of Wayanad during 2016-17 to evaluate the performance of 3 hybrids of marigold based on vegetative, flowering and yield characters. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with 5 replications and 16 plants per replication. As per the observations taken at vegetative stage, the maximum height was observed in Garland Orange ( cm). The hybrid with the highest plant spread and number of branches gave the highest flower yield. Garland Orange exhibited the highest plant spread ( cm, cm, 49. 49 cm) and number of primary branches (, , ) at 30, 60 and 90 days after transplanting. At the flowering stage, the minimum number of days taken for 50 per cent of flowering ( days) was observed in Maxima Yellow which is on par with Garland Orange ( days). The yield parameter, such as number of flowers per plant was highest in Maxima Yellow () followed by Inca Yellow (). The highest individual flower weight of g was reported in Garland orange. Yield per plant ( g) and Yield per plot ( kg) was maximum in Garland Orange followed by Inca yellow ( g and kg, respectively). Among the 3 hybrids, Garland Orange performed better in the humid subtropical region of Wayanad followed by the yellow hybrid, Inca Yellow. | Evaluation of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) in summer rice fallows of Wayanad, India

• Sinh học
• African marigold
• Food colour summer rice fallows
• Garland orange
• Randomized block design
• African marigold (Tagetes erecta L)
• Flower and yield
• Yield of African marigold
• Integrated nutrient management on growth
• Plant growth regulators
• Naphthalene acetic acid
• Kinetin on yield of African marigold
• French marigold
• Nodal segment
• Culture establishment
• Micro shoots in African
• French marigold genotypes
• Cocopeat on growth
• Growth of African marigold
• Yield of marigold
• Plant height
• Antioxidant activity
• African marigold (Tagetes erecta L )
• Varieties for morphological
• West bengal condition
• Growth hormones
• Maleic hydrazide
• Xanthophyll content of african marigold
• Magnesium sulphate
• Nutrients on growth
• Flowering and yield
• Effect of fertigation
• Irrigation and mulching on growth
• Mulching on growth
• Flowering and yield parameters
• Yield parameters in African marigold
• Fertilization enhances growth
• Xanthophyll contents of marigold
• Annual flowers
• Specialty cut flowers
• Tagetes spp
• Flowering parameters
• Konkan condition
• Flowering parameter of marigold
• Tagetest erecta L
• Integrated nutrients management
• Flower quality
• Plant growth retardant
• Pusa Narangi
• Plant growth
• Flower yield
• Paclobutrazol application on plant growth
• Tagetes erecta L
• Drip irrigation
• African marigold (Tagetes erecta Linn)
• Drip irrigation on yield
• Fertigation through drip irrigation
• Benzyl adenine
• Full blooming
• Cytokinin on growth
• Side shoot production
• Variation induced in C2 generation
• C2 generation
• Colchicine treatment
• Variation induced
• Regulation of growth
• Flowering by plant growth regulators
• Lemon yellow
• Tagetes erecta
• Total chlorophyll
• Total phenols
• RHS color
• Benefit cost ratio
• Economics of African marigold
• Chhattisgarh plain
• Influence of PGR’s
• Cultivars on flower yield
• Growth and physiological characteristics
• Response of pinching
• Gibberellic acid on growth
• Physiological characteristics
• Pinching on floral
• Yield parameters
• Floral characters
• Zn and Fe etc
• Inorganic fertilizers
• Micronutrients on soil nutrient status
• Plant nutrient contents
• Their uptake by african marigold
• PSB (phosphorus solubilizing bacteria)
• PGPR (plant growth promoting rhizobacteria)
• AM (Arbuscular mycorrhiza)
• FYM and marigold
• Control treated plants
• NPK and FYM
• Integrated nutrient management