Intergreated Nutrient Management Practices to Improve Flower Yield in Anthurium (Anthurium Andreanum Lind.)

An investigation was carried out at the Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Botanic Gardens, Horticultural College and Research Institute, T.N.A.U., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, to study the effect of integrated nutrient management practices in improving the flower yield of Anthurium andreanum Lind. cv. Meringue. The experiment was conducted with six kinds of organic substrates along with inorganic fertilizers. The treatment combination of Panchagavya 4% +5% recommended dose of fertilizers favourably influenced the plant height (32.40 cm), number of leaves per plant (6.20), days to first flowering (206.50), number of suckers per plant (4.20) and flower yield per plant (5.90 No.). The root characters such as number of aerial roots per plant (2.60), number of primary roots per plant (12.50) and root length (15.30 cm) were also be found to be the best in the same treatment. The results proved that Panchagavya at 4% foliar spray + 50% recommended dose of fertilizer is optimum for the growth and yield of anthurium flowers.