INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MANURES AND BIO-FERTILISERS ON MORPHOLOGICAL, FLORAL AND BULB TRAITS OF NARCISSUS (DAFFODIL Cv. SALOME)

NASIR HAMID MASOODI¹*, M.A.A. SIDDIQUE², FAHMEEDA SAJAD³, SHAMEEN IQBAL⁴, MUNEEB AHMAD WANI^5
1Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190025
²Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190025
³Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190025
⁴Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190025
⁵Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190025
* Corresponding Author : masoodi_nasir@yahoo.com

Received : 22-10-2016     Accepted : 15-02-2017     Published : 28-02-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 10       Pages : 3989 - 3992
Int J Agr Sci 9.10 (2017):3989-3992

Keywords : Bulb, Bio-Fertilizer, Floral, Growth, Yield
Academic Editor : Prashant Kisanrao Nimbolkar, Dr Sujata Upadhyay
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are thankful to DST Govt of J&K for funding assistance to the project entitled “Development of pre and post harvest management technologies for Narcissus (Daffodils) as through this intervention work has been initiated on different aspects related to narcissus daffodils
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Experiment was conducted with an aim to know the effect of different organic manures and bio-fertilizers on morphological, floral and bulb traits on Narcissus (Daffodil) cv. “Salome”. Seven different nutrient combinations were tested with distinct range of organic manures viz. vermicompost (1.5 t/h,2.5t/h, 5 tones /ha,), Sheep manure (1.5t/ha, 2.5t/h, 5 t/h) and recommended dose of NPK without organic manures as control treatment. In addition to these manures, all bulbs were treated with Azotobacter and Phosphorus Solubilising Bacteria (PSB) before planting. It was observed that treatment T3 (Vermicompost 5t/ha+ Azotobacter+ PSB) resulted with earliness in bulb sprouting, bud initiation and to reach goose neck stage. However, the treatment T5 (1.25 t/ha vermicompost +1.5t/ha sheep manure+ Azotobacter+ PSB) resulted in delay of bulb sprouting, bud initiation and duration to reach goose neck stage. From qualitative parameters point of view maximum tepal length (34.61mm), spa the length (40.97cm), flower diameter (79.47mm) and duration of flowering (26.86 days) resulted with the treatment T3 and minimum values for all these traits were observed with treatment T5. Bulb weight was recorded maximum (24.48g) with treatment T3 (vermicompost 5t/h+ Azotobacter +PSB) and minimum (16.12g) with treatment T5 (1.5 t/h sheep manure+ Azotobacter +PSB) while as bulb diameter followed the same trend with maximum (33.21mm) with T3 and minimum (20.10mm) with T5.

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