AN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF TUBEROSE CUT-FLOWER: A
CASE STUDY 2015
Review
Cut-flowers and potted plants have an almost 80 percent share of the world trade among
ornamental plants. In Pakistan, about six percent of arable land is under horticultural crops, out
of which only 0.5 percent is under floriculture. Total local production of cut-flowers is estimated
to be 10,000-12,000 tons per annum. The present study examined the technical, allocative and
economic efficiency of tuberose cut flower in district Kasur Pakistan, using non-parametric Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. The study also investigated the impact of
socioeconomic and farm specific factors on these inefficiencies by employing Tobit regression
model. The mean technical, allocative and economic efficiency of the sampled farms were
calculated as 0.72, 0.59 and 0.42 percent, respectively. The results of the analysis indicated that
the number of family farm worker and purchased seed has negative impact on technical,
allocative and economic inefficiency of the sampled farmers. It was also found that age and
education also significantly and negatively affected the technical inefficiency of the tuberose
farmers. The study also highlighted the contribution of timely availability of good quality seed
from the market. The government should encourage the younger and educated farmers in this
venture and also take certain measures for the development of proper flower seed markets.
Effect of planting dates and spacing on growth and
flowering of French marigold Sel. ‘FM – 786’ 2016
Review
The experiment was laid out in split plot design, comprising of eight different planting dates
and two spacing, (viz., 30 × 20 cm and 30 × 30 cm) as sub-plot treatment at monthly intervals
from, mid-March to October, 2010. Maximum flower size was recorded for April planting date
crop, whereas, June planting date gave the best results for plant height and plant spread.
However, maximum number of flowers and maximum yield per plant were recorded in March
planted crop. Plant height, plant spread flower size and yield per plant were at maximum in a
wider spacing S2 (30 × 30 cm). Maximum number of flowers per plant as well as maximum yield
per plant was recorded in March planting at closer spacing S2 (30 × 20 cm).
Effect of plant growth regulators on growth and
flowering of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) 2017
Review
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of plant growth regulators on growth and
yield of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.). Treatments of the experiment were as control (No
plant growth regulators), NAA 100 ppm, NAA 200 ppm, NAA 300 ppm, NAA 400 ppm, GA3 100
ppm, GA3 200 ppm, GA3 300 ppm, GA3 400 ppm, 4-CPA 100 ppm, 4-CPA 200 ppm, 4-CPA 300
ppm and 4-CPA 400 ppm. Different concentration of growth regulators showed significant
variation on most of the parameters. Tallest tuberose plant (68.9 cm), longest length of rachis
(21.9 cm), highest number of floret/spike (41.2), highest diameter of spike (1.1 cm), maximum
weight of single spike (40.1 g) and highest number of spikes per hectare (3.9 lac) were obtained
from GA3 at 300 ppm.
Influence of Benzyladenine on Metabolic Changes in
Different Rose Tissues 2018
Review
Two modern rose varieties, Floribunda and Hybrid Tea, were used to analyze and identify
metabolic changes after foliar application with benzyladenine (BA). Volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) as metabolites were detected. Two pairs of doses of BA, at 11.16 and 17.87 mg/cm 2,
and 7.17 and 12.26 mg/cm2 were applied to the foliage of Hybrid Tea and Floribunda,
respectively. Sampling time was optimized and treatment duration was 4 weeks. After
treatment, the volatiles from the treated and untreated control roses were extracted using
headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) technology by three-phase fiber 50/30 µm
divinylbenzene/carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane (DVB/CAR/PDMS) and analyzed by gas
chromatography (GC) coupled with a flame ionization detector (FID), and with mass
spectrometry (GC-MS).The results showed that BA and its dose rate led to metabolic changes
of treated roses in comparison with untreated controls. The number of VOCs extracted and
detected from leaves, stem, rhizosphere and whole plants from the two rose varieties at doses
rate of 17.87 and 12.26 mg/cm2 were 43, 65, 40 and 68 compounds for each plant material,
respectively, for both rose varieties. Whilst the VOCs extracted and detected from both rose
varieties for leaves, stem, rhizosphere and whole plants were 38, 61, 34 and 66 compounds for
each plant material, respectively. The results demonstrate that some volatiles, such as 4-
Heptyn-2-ol, Phenyl methyl ether and 3-Methyl-apopinene, increased with increasing doses of
BA; these compounds are aroma chemicals with a very powerful smell. This study shows that
BA treatments can have a significant effect on metabolite changes in different rose tissues. This
method could be applied to other floriculture plants.
Influence of gibberellic acid on vegetative, floral and
corms yield of gladiolus cultivars under the agro-
climatic condition of Peshawar-Pakistan 2019
Review
Gladiolus is an important cut flower commercialized in Pakistan, and the use of
gibberellic acid (GA3) to cultivate it in the Peshawar valley may promote the production
of high quality flower spikes. Therefore, an experiment “Influence of Gibberellic acid on
vegetative, floral and corm yield of gladiolus cultivars” was conducted under the climatic
condition of Peshawar, during 2016. The experiment was laid out in two factors
Randomized Complete Block Design there were five treatments replicated three times.
Factor “A” was the gibberellic acid (GA3) concentrations i.e. 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 mgL -
1 Factor “B” was the two cultivars of gladiolus i.e., White Prosperity and Red Advance. It
revealed from the results that most of the parameters were significantly influenced by
gibberellic acid at 200 mgL-1. The maximum sprouting percentage (96.25), number of
leaves plant-1 (10.6), number of floret spike-1 (14.4), number of shoots plant-1 (3.17),
number of daughter corm plant-1 (3.54) and survival percentage (88.50), less days to
corm sprouting (17.9), number of days to spike emergence (48.83), days to floret
opening (72.73) were recorded in plants treated with 200 mgL -1 of gibberellic acid (GA3)
concentration. Whereas, the maximum plant height (75.62 cm), length of spike plant -
1 (57.15 cm), corm diameter (3.37 cm) corm weight (14.90 g) were recorded in plants
treated with 150 mgL-1Gibberellic acid. Red advance produced more number of leaves
plant-1(9.89), number of shoots plant-1, (2.69) corm diameter (3.04 cm), corm weight
(13.03 g), survival percentage (70.9), less number of days to spike emergence (53.8)
and days to floret opening (74.5). It can be concluded from the present findings that the
treatment of corms with 200 mgL-1gibberellic acid can improve the growth and yield of
Red Advance cultivar of gladiolus under the agro-climatic conditions of Peshawar valley.
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