Author(s):

Naikwad Dharmendra, Kavita Kandpal, Ashok Hugar, Manthu Gouda Patil and Vikas Kulkarni

Abstract: The study was conducted on performance of different genotypes of China aster under north eastern semi arid zone of Karnataka. The experiment was carried out at Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, UAS, Raichur during the year 2016-17. The experiment was laid out using Randomized Block Design with three replications of twelve genotypes. All the genotypes showed significant difference among themselves for flower yield and quality parameters. Significant variation was observed for flower characters among different genotypes. Early flower bud initiation, minimum number of days to flowering and maximum number of flowers plant^-1 was recorded in Poornima, var. Arka Aadya was noticed minimum days taken to 50% flowering and it was par with var. Poornima, duration of flowering was high in Kamini and it is on par with var. Phule Ganesh White.

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