Abstract:
A pot experiment was conducted at Horticulture farm. Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka. Bangladesh from October 2012 to March 2013 to characterize
chrysanthemum cultivars on the basis of phenotypic traits. This experiment had 32
chrysanthemum cultivars coded from V
1
to V
32
using Completely Randomized
Design (CR1)) with three replications. These cultivars were categorized into 13
groups provided by National Chrysanthemum Society Classification, USA. The
cultivar V7
(Yellow Glow) was the top scored cultivars for the studied phenotypic
characteristics. The cultivars V
1
(Crimson Tide), V
2 (Samsan), V
3
(White
Snowball). V
4
(Chandramukhi). V
10
(Sunny Yellow), V13
(Purple Mum), V16
(Pink
Shasta Daisy) and V (Red Wing) were categorized as cut flowers and rest of the
cultivars were categorized in pot or bedding flowers. All the 32 chrysanthemum
cultivars were divided into a wide color range in accordance to Royal Horticultural
Society (RI-IS) Color Chart. These findings will be helpful for commercial users as
well as flower breeders.
Description:
A
Thesis
Submitted to the Department of ilorticulture,
S/icr-c-Bang/a Agricultural University. Dhaka- 1207
In partial fulfillment
of
the requirements
for the degree
of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
HORTICULTURE
