RESEARCHING ON THE GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF SOME POTTED GERBERA VARIETIES IN THE NUTRIENT SOLUTION IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at the greenhouse of the Faculty of Agronomy, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry to determine the good growth and high yield Gerbera flower varieties which were suitable for nutrient solution irrigation system. The experiment was designed in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 3 replications. The results of the study on 5 Gerbera flower varieties including (HL Pink and White Linosa, HL Red Rafinee, HL Deep Pink Cupid, HL Yellow Lampione and HL Multicolor) showed that: all varieties have good growth in the nutrient solution irrigation condition in winter-spring crop, 2020-2021 in Thai Nguyen. The results also showed that the HL Multicolor gerbera variety had the highest number of branches/plant reached 1.53 branches, yield of 3.5 flowers/plant, high flower durability of 17 days, high flowering rate and beautiful color flower compared to other varieties.