EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAY OF ZINC, CALCIUM AND BORON ON SPIKE PRODUCTION OF GLADIOLUS CV. EUROVISION

He experiment was carried out on spike production in gladiolus with foliar application of zinc, calcium and boron, conducted in Horticulture Garden of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur in Randomized Block Design with four replications. The experimental plots were 32 with 8 treatments and two levels of each of zinc, calcium and boron treated by zinc sulphate 0.5%, calcium sulphate 0.75% and borax 0.2%, respectively. The results obtained revealed that the foliar spray of zinc at 0.5% to gladiolus plant was most effective to influence the vegetative growth and size of spike.