Annual Report - IHBT

CSIR-IHBT Annual Report 2010-11Maximum number of flowers (71.06/plant/year) was recorded in the cv Little Orange. It was alsoobserved that the cv Hemant produced early flowers.Virus tested plants of cvs Purnima, Yellow Star and White Star were mass multiplied on MS mediumsupplemented with BAP (1.0mg/l), NAA (0.025mg/l) and IBA (0.025mg/l). About 4000 in vitrorooted plantlets were hardened and maintained under greenhouse conditions (Fig. 50).a b cFig. 50 Chrysanthemum a) in vitro culture of cv Yellow Star, b) Purnima, and c) hardened plantsEconomic analysisThe economic viability of cut flower production in 500 m 2 polyhouse area was analyzed based ondifferent cost components. In case of subsidy, the income for farm business, family labour, net andfarm investment was calculated as Rs. 277732, 262907, 254907 and 269732, respectively. However,without subsidy, the income was Rs. 269332, 250542, 242542 and 261332 for farm business, familylabour, net and farm investment, respectively. The analysis revealed that the chrysanthemum productionis economically viable in H.P. in both the cases.LILIUM (Lilium spp.)Virus tested in vitro cultures of cvs Adelina, Pollyanna, Brunello, Prato and Nove Cento weremultiplied on medium supplemented with BAP (2.0mg/l), NAA (0.01mg/l) and IBA (0.02mg/1).Tissue culture raised micro-bulblets (11275) were planted under protected conditions forhardening (Fig. 51).a b cFig. 51 Lilium a) In vitro culture, b) hardened plants and c) performance of virus tested bulbs56