EFFICACY OF SEAWEED AND NEEMCAKE ON GROWTH ANDFLOWERING ATTRIBUTES OF TUBEROSE (POLIANTHES TUBEROSAL.) IN THE PLAINS OF WEST BENGALKarishma Maherukh, Kunal Adhikary, Alauddin Rahaman and Arun Kumar PalAbstract An experiment was carried to evaluate the effect of combined application of seaweed and neem cake ongrowth and flowering of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)cv. Prajwal. The study was laid out under RandomizedBlock Design (RBD) with eleven treatments and three replications where different combinations of neemcake and seaweed were compared with control. The result of the experiment revealed that the applicationof neem cake and seaweed significantly affected the quantitative and qualitative characters of tuberose.Among all the treatments, treatment T11 (Seaweed 4g/m2 + Neem cake 0.4 kg/m2) was found most effectiveregarding the growth and flowering attributes in comparison to control. The treatment T11 (Seaweed 4g/m2+ Neem cake 0.4 kg/m2) also gave most promising result regarding vase life and spike yield. |