Studies on effect of boron and iron in gladiolus cultivars

An experiment was conducted at Horticultural College & Research Institute, Dr.YSR Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem, Andhrapradesh of geographical situation 16.8°N latitude and 81.5°E longitude during Rabi 2011-2012 in three Gladiolus cultivars American beauty, Dharshan and White prosperity with 15 treatments and 3 replications in a Factorial Randomized block design. Micronutrient concentrations treated were Boron @ 0.2 and 0.4%, Iron EDTA @ 1 and 1.5%. The study indicated that micronutrient concentrations compared to distilled water as control had significantly influenced the vegetative growth, flowering, corm and cormel parameters. However Out of all the treatment 1.5% Iron gave very much best results.