EVALUATION OF GROWTH AND FLOWERING BEHAVIOR OF CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTIVARS BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS

A field experiment was carried out at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka from October, 2019 to April, 2020 to evaluate the vegetative growth and flowering behavior of twenty-five (V₁-V₂₅) chrysanthemum cultivars. The research was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Recorded data and results showed significant difference among the cultivars regarding growth and flowering parameters. Chrysanthemum cultivars; plant height varied26.2 to 65.4 cm, number of branches/ plants varied from 6.7 to 17.6, number of leaves per primary branch varied from 3.7 to 22.3, days to bud initiation varied from 21.7 to 53.7, number of flowers varied from 33.7 to 101.3 and the flower head diameter varied from 2.2 to18.1 cm.