Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIV, Issue 1
Written by Ioana Andra VLAD, Laviniu Ioan-Nuțu BURESCU, Bartha SZILÁRD, Călin Gheorghe PĂȘCUȚ, Goji GYÖZÖ, Florin-Alexandru REBREAN
Their high productive potential, tenderness and long lasting of flowers in water place the gerbera among the highly valued species for cut flowers grown in protected cultivation regime. Several surveys carried out among European flower growers and buyers rank gerbera 5th after carnations, roses, tulips and chrysanthemums (Frandin P. et all, 1990). Since in Romania, gerbera flowers have beenmuch appreciated and sought after by buyers at greenhouses in Sântandrei, Bihor, in the period 2020-2022 we conducted a research whose goal was to increase the productivity of gerbera plants and flower quality. To achieve the proposed goal, we used the Romeo hybrid variety cultivated on different substrates in six experimental working variants, each variant comprising four repetitions. The statistical analysis of the obtained results shows that the protocols related to variants 5 and 4 provide us with major concrete data regarding the increase of productivity and flower quality. We draw six conclusions which synthesize our research results.
[Read full article] [Citation]
