Abstract:
The present investigation was carried out to study the performance of gerbera
cultivars under protected condition at the Floriculture Research Field, Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur from March, 2014 to May 2015. The
experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design having 8 cultivar of
gerbera which were coded V
1
, V
2
, V
3
, V
I
4
, V
5
, V
6
, V
7
and V
(BARI Gerbera-1)
treatments with three replications. Vegetative, flowering and flower characteristics
varied significantly among the cultivars. Cultivar V
3
8
produced maximum number
of leaves per plant (20.0), plant spread (15.0 cm) and number of suckers per plant
(8.0). Days taken to bud visibility and full bloom varied greatly among cultivars
under the study. Cultivar V
took least number of days, for bud visibility (69.0)
and full bloom (81.0) respectively. For flower characteristics, V
3
showed the
maximum number of flowers per plant (20) and possessed longest vase life (15.0
days). The largest flower diameter (10.0 cm) was found in V
and the smallest was
in V
2
(6.5 cm). Weightiest flower stalk was produced by V
3
3
(25.0 g)
and lightest
was in V
2
(10 g). Longest flower duration was in V
(125 g) and shortest duration
was in V
2
3
(105 days). Wide variation in flower colour was also observed among
the cultivars. Considering the important characteristics, the cultivar V
is the best
variety while V
6
and V
7
also exhibited acceptable quality. So, V
3,
V
can be
cultivated under protected conditions.
