Studies on the effect of nutrients and growth regulators on the growth and yield of anthurium (anthurium andreanum) cv. tropical

Investigation was carried out to study the effect of nutrients and growth regulators on the production of Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum) cv. Tropical. The experiment was conducted in Factorial completely randomized block design with four levels of foliar nutrients viz. Sea weed extract, panchakavya, humic acid and control and four levels of growth regulators viz. gibberillic acid, Triiodobenzoic Acid, Benzyladenine and control. The treatments were replicated thrice. The plants were maintained under 75 per cent shade net and with a growing medium mixture of coir pith + coconut husk. Among the different treatment combinations, foliar spray of Humic acid and gibberillic acid evinced maximum plant height, plant spread, number of flowers per plant, flower stalk length, spathe length, spathe breadth and the number of days taken for flower bud appearance was also earlier in this treatment.