• Ajish Muraleedharan
• P. Karuppaiah
• S. Ramesh kumar

Anthurium ranks eleventh in the global flower trade and commands a respectable price both for its cut flower and whole plant. Anthuriums are gaining popularity due to higher returns per unit area and their beautiful and attractive long lasting flowers. They have gained popularity as one of the most important commercial ornamental crop of the modern world. They are very popular with flower arrangers because of bold effect and lasting qualities of flowers. Growth regulators are the chemical substance which alters the growth and development in plants and regulate the physiological process in an appreciable manner in plants when used in small concentrations. Present research work was carried out to study the effect of foliar spray using growth regulators on the growth, quality and flowering of anthurium (anthurium andreanum) cv. Tropical. The experiment was conducted with nine growth regulators viz. gibberillic acid, Triiodobenzoic Acid, Benzyladenine, Ethylene, Absicic acid, NAA, Salicilic acid, Cycocel and Control (No growth regulator). The treatments were replicated thrice. The plants were maintained under 75 per cent shade net and with a growing medium mixture of coir pith + coconut husk. Among the different treatment combinations, foliar spray of gibberillic acid 100 ppm gives maximum results in the growth, flowering and quality parameters.

Growth regulators, Anthurium

"EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAY USING GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE GROWTH, QUALITY AND FLOWERING OF ANTHURIUM (Anthurium andreanum) CV. TROPICAL.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 5, page no.594-599, May 2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1705108.pdf

"EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAY USING GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE GROWTH, QUALITY AND FLOWERING OF ANTHURIUM (Anthurium andreanum) CV. TROPICAL.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 5, page no. pp594-599, May 2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1705108.pdf