Vol. 8, Special Issue 9, Part N (2024)

The present experiment was carried out in the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture at Pt. Kishori Lal Shukla College of Horticulture and Research Station,”Pendri”Farm, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) during the year 2019-20. The experiment was laid out in six varieties of China aster with four replications in randomized block design. The study was conducted to identify suitable China aster varieties under open condition at Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh. Phule Ganesh White was significantly superior amongst varieties which recorded maximum flower diameter (6.61cm), length of flower stalk (57.90 cm), weight of loose flower per plant (105.60 g) and vase life (8.65 days). Arka Archana recorded maximum number of flowers per plant (40.03) and Arka Kamini was produced earliest in flowering (74.45 days) and maximum flower duration (28.50 days) was recorded in cv. Phule Ganesh Pink. Thus the result depicted that Arka Kamini, Arka Poornima, Arka Shashank, Phule Ganesh White and Phule Ganesh Pink are the most suitable cultivars to be grown for cut flower production, whereas Arka Archana have greater importance for loose flower production in Chhattisgarh.