This article throws light upon the top four types of multi flowered tulips. The types are: 1. Fringed Tulips 2. Kaufmanniana Tulips (Tulipa Kaufmanniana) 3. Fosteriana Tulips (Tulipa Fosteriana) 4. Greigii Tulips (Tulipa Greigii). Type # 1. Fringed Tulips: These cvs have petals with crystalline fringes, single flower, mid to late season with variable length. Honey (White), Canary (Red with [...]
This article throws light upon the four major diseases found in tulip. The diseases are: 1. Important Disease of Tulip 2. Botrytis Tulipae 3. Virus (Tulip Breaking Mosaic) 4. Zephyranthes sp. (Amaryllidaceae). Disease # 1. Important Disease of Tulip: Bulb crown and Root rot (fungi—Penicillium sp., Sclerotium rolfsii; Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., Rhizopus stolonifera, Rhizoctonia solani, Aspergillus sp.). There are [...]
The Commercial flower seed production of F1 hybrids and open pollinated is considered a profitable venture and, hence, it is popular amongst farmers on limited scale. Earlier, seed production was being done on limited scale in Sri Nagar and plains of North India and in other localities due to limited demand. Mr. Man Mohan Attawar of M/s Indo American Hybrid [...]