Varietal evaluation of gladiolus for flowering attributes under Indo-gangetic plains

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the gladiolus varieties for various flowering traits at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during 2017-18. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design comprised of 31 varieties of gladiolus and replicated three times. The mean performance of gladiolus varieties was significant for all the flowering characters studied.