🌼 Marigold
Important point about cultivation of Marigold
- Common Name: Rose of Indies
- Family:
Compositae
- Origin: Mexico
- Botanical Name:
- African - Tagetes
erecta
: 2n = 24 - French - Tageges
patula
: 2n = 48
- African - Tagetes
- Optimum temperature:
18-30 °C
- Marigold is a herbaceous plant.
- Seed rate:
1 - 1.5
kg/hac. - Seedling become ready for planting - one month after sowing.
- Pinching of rainy crop is beneficial to avoid water logging.
- Marigold is not used in Gajra. (Generally Jashmin flowers are used)
- S.P.S. Raghava is associated with Marigold.
- Protandary type of self-incompatibility is found in marigold.
- Male sterility in African marigold is due to female character.
- Genetic male sterility (GMS) is very common in marigold.
African varieties
- Cracker jack
- Climax
- Golden Age
- Crown of Gold
- Chrysanthamum charm
- Star gold
Pusa Narangi
GendaPusa Basanti
Genda: an open pollinated variety of marigold.- Nugget - triploid variety of marigold.
French varieties
- Rusty red
- Butter scotch
- Valencia
- Common Name: Rose of Indies
- Family:
Compositae
- Origin: Mexico
- Botanical Name:
- African - Tagetes
erecta
: 2n = 24 - French - Tageges
patula
: 2n = 48
- African - Tagetes
- Optimum temperature:
18-30 °C
- Marigold is a herbaceous plant.
- Seed rate:
1 - 1.5
kg/hac. - Seedling become ready for planting - one month after sowing.
- Pinching of rainy crop is beneficial to avoid water logging.
- Marigold is not used in Gajra. (Generally Jashmin flowers are used)
- S.P.S. Raghava is associated with Marigold.
- Protandary type of self-incompatibility is found in marigold.
- Male sterility in African marigold is due to female character.
- Genetic male sterility (GMS) is very common in marigold.
African varieties
- Cracker jack
- Climax
- Golden Age
- Crown of Gold
- Chrysanthamum charm
- Star gold
Pusa Narangi
GendaPusa Basanti
Genda: …
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