Vol. 9, Issue 8, Part G (2025)

The present investigation “Establishment and evaluation of different heliconia genotypes under Prayagraj agro-climatic conditions” was carried under naturally ventilated polyhouse in the Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj, from September, 2024 - June, 2025. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) and replicated thrice. The results revealed significant variation among all the genotypes for all the parameters studied. The results obtained showed that genotype G2 (Petra) recorded fewer days (9 days) to first sprouting before dormancy as well as after dormancy (154 days). Genotype G4 (Golden Torch) recorded significantly better plant height (39.8 cm), pseudostem diameter (44.53 mm), more number of shoots per clump (2.6), more number of sprouts per rhizomes (3), more number of leaves (3.9), better in leaf length (17.7 cm) and better in leaf width (4.1 cm), better in pseudostem length and leaf length (4 cm). Thus the heliconia genotype Golden Torch demonstrated superior performance in growth and development under the agro-climatic conditions of Prayagraj.