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Marigold - introduction and uses – varieties - soil and climate and planting
systems - weed, nutrition and irrigation management –special horticultural
practices - role of growth regulators- harvest index and yield
Dr. M. Kumaresan
Assistant professor
Dept. of Horticulture
Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College
Lecture No.:6
 Loose flowers
 Lutein – Pigment extraction
 Bedding plant in a herbaceous border
 French marigold - rockery, edging, hanging baskets
and window boxes
 Pot plants
 Essential oil - perfume industry
 Insect repellant
 Used to control nematodes
 Pigments (Xanthophyll) used as a natural colour
Importance………..
Marigold – Rose of Indies
 One of the most important traditional flowers
 15,000 hectares in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, UP, West
Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and
Himachal Pradesh
 India - making garlands and religious functions
 Globular shaped flowers – cut-flower purpose
 Easiest annual flower to cultivate and wide
adaptability
 Habit - free flowering, short duration to
produce marketable flowers
 Wide spectrum of attractive colour, shape,
size and keeping quality attracted the
attention of flower growers
NAME OF THE SPECIES ORIGIN
IMPORTANCE
Tagetes erecta Mexico and Central America Commercial Xanthophyll
extraction
Tagetes patula Central America Used as a edging plant
Tagetes tenuifolia Mexico and Central America Suitable for pot containers, and
window boxes
Tagetes lucida Mexico and Guatemala Used as a medicinal plant
Tagetes lacera California Suitable for pot containers
Tagetes lemmonii Mexico and Central America Used in perfume industries
SPECIES
 Species: >50 species
 Chromosome no. : x=12, 2n=24
 The important species are
 Tagetes erecta (African Marigold) (2n=24)
 Tagetes patula (French Marigold) (2n=48)

 Tagetes minuta, Tagetes pusilla and Tagetes corymbosa – 3
species are grown in garden
 India – T. erecta and T. patula dominates in cultivation
Tagetes erecta – African Marigold
 Mexican marigold, also called Aztec marigold
 A hardy annual, about 90 cm, tall type.
 Carnation flowered
 Chrysanthemum flowered
 Dwarf double chrysanthemum flowered
 Flower varies from Lemon yellow to yellow, golden
yellow, orange.
Tagetes patula – French Marigold
 A hardy annual, about 30 cm tall, bushy type.
 Foliage is dark green with reddish stem.
 The flower colour varies from yellow to mahagony – red.
Tagetes erecta Tagetes patula
Tagetes tenuifolia Tagetes minuta
Tagetes signata Tagetes lacera
Tagetes lucida Tagetes lemonii
Commercially potential
species
Tagetus erecta
African Marigold
Tagetes patula
French marigold
Tagetes tenuifolia /
T. signata
Signet marigold
Tagetes lucida
Sweet scented marigold
Tagetes lacera
Tagetes minuta
Wild Marigold
Pusa Narangi Gainda
 Cracker Jack X Golden Jubilee
 80 – 85 cm tall
 Big sized Orange flowers
 25 - 30 t/ha
 Carotenoids - 329 mg/100 g petals
(0.32 %)
Varieties - African Marigold
Pusa Basanti Gainda
 Golden Yellow x Sun Giant
 60 – 65 cm tall
 Medium sized lemon yellow
flowers
 20 - 25 t/ha
Pusa Bahar
 Flowers in 90-100 days after
sowing.
 75-85 cm tall.
 Flowers are attractive and large in
size (8-9 cm) of yellow colour.
 Yield: 50-60 flowers per plant,
 Suitable for bedding in gardens as
well as other floral decorations.
Arka Bangara
 Flowers are of yellow gold colour
 Flowers are medium in size with 5-6.5 cm
in diameter. Yield potential of the variety
is 18 tons/acre.
 Distinct features of the variety is its
petaloid sterile flowers
MDU 1
 Selection from germplasm
 Medium tall plants with moderate
branching
 20t/ha.
 Light orange colour
Arka Alankara:
 Hybrid selection,
 Large, yellow (9A) coloured petaloid-
type male-sterile flowers
 128.9 flowers/plant.
 Multiplied by stem cuttings.
Arka Agni :
 Hybrid selection
 Large, orange (N25C) coloured petaloid-
type male-sterile
 Multiplied by stem-cuttings
Climax, Toreader-extra large,fully double
flowers.
Gay Ladies-dwarf and extreme free flowering
Monshoot-ultra dwarf, free flowering
Jubilee-hedge plants
Pusa Arpita

Selection from heterozygous
population

18-20 t/ha

Produces medium sized,
light orange flowers.
French Marigold
In French marigold loose flower production
Rusty Red
Butter Scotch
Red Brocade
Bedding purpose
Valencia
Sussana
Tetraploid
Inter-specific hybridization between Tagetes
erecta x Tagetes patula has been carried out
which finally led to evolution of Red and gold
hybrids, Red Glow, Red Gold, Red Seven
Star, Nugget, Show Boat.
Male sterility
(modified cytoplasmic male sterility)
APETALOUS
-More preferred
-Less attracted by pollinating insects
FULL DOUBLE FLOWERS
- less preferred
- prone to break down and give rise to a few
disc florets
Governed by recessive genes
Incorporated into seed parent within 5-6 generation of backcrossing
Maintained by crossing the heterozygous plants with Male sterile plants
(Arora, 1989)
Fertile and sandy loam
 A deep, fertile, friable soil
having good water holding
capacity,
 well drained soil is best suitable
Soil requirement
Cultivation Aspects….
 Mild climate for luxuriant growth and flowering
 14.5°-28.6°C - improves flowering
 26.2°-36.4°C - affects flower production
 Optimum temperature: 18-300c
 During severe winter plants and flowers are killed
and blackened
Climatic conditions
Seed propagation :
 Seed rate – 1-1.5 kg / hectare
 F1 hybrids – 200 g/ha
 18 to 30oC required for germination
 Treat the seeds with Azospirillum (200 g in 50 ml
of rice gruel) before sowing
 Nursery beds - 3 x 1 m size mixed with 10 kg of
FYM / sq. m.
Propagation
 Mostly to maintain purity of varieties
 Presence of adventitious roots along the stem helps in
the establishment of cuttings
 Apical portion of the shoots
 6-8 cm long cuttings treated with IBA – 500 -1000ppm
 Planted in the sand to strike roots easily
By cuttings
 Mid July, mid October and February-
March are suitable time for
transplanting
 Seedlings of 30 days old with 3-4 true
leaves
 Transplant should be done early in the
morning or late in the evening
 After transplanting, a light irrigation has
to be given
Transplanting of seedlings
Spacing and planting density:
 Tagetes erecta: 40 × 30 cm (83,333 p/ha)
 T. patula: 20 × 20 cm (2,50,000 p /ha) or 20 × 10 cm
(5,00,000 p/ha)
Spacing : 45 x 35 cm
Irrigation :
 Irrigation is done once in a week or as and when necessary
 Water stagnation should be avoided
Manuring :
 During last ploughing, incorporate 25t/ha of FYM.
 45:90:75 kg NPK/ha as basal and 45 kg N/ha as top dressing 45
days after planting.
After cultivation :
In India, 3-4 manual weeding are required for entire
period. Chemical weed control is also recommended
Nipping/tipping :
Thirty days after planting terminal
portion should be tipped / removed
to encourage the branching
 Summer : flowering from May upto rainy season.
Peak in June
 Rainy : middle of September continue till December
 Winter : middle of January and continue till March
 Crop duration - 130 - 150 days
Flowering
Harvest :
 Once in 3 days beginning from 60 days after planting
 Harvest when flowers at full size
 Harvesting either in the morning or evening.
 Field should be irrigated before harvesting so that,
flowers keep well for longer period after plucking.
 Packaging – mostly in gunny bags
 Productivity of plants increases considerably by
regular plucking of flowers.
Yield - Average of 18 t/ha
African marigold:15-28 t/ha
French marigold: 10-12 t/ha
 Soaking of flowers in 0.1 % Al2 (SO4)3 for 2 hours
 Flowers can be stored at 8 – 12 o C for 3 days
Post harvest
Mealy bug
Damage symptom :
 Mealy bugs are crowdly present in young shoots, stem and leaves.
 Flattening and crinkled with dark green leaves
 It’s segregate honey like substances because of that leaves are
converted into black sooty mould
 Apical parts of the shoots show retarded growth
Control measures :
 Spray dimethoate @ 2ml/litre.
 Spray Fish oil rosin soap @ 25g/litre
Plant protection - pest
Thrips - Thrips tabaci
Damage symptom
 Discoloured or distorted plant tissue
 Damaged leaves become papery and distorted. Infested
terminals may discolour, rolled and drop leaves prematurely.
 Petals may exhibit “colour break,” which is pale tissue that was
killed by thrips feeding before buds opened.
Control measures
 Set up yellow sticky trap 20 per acre
 Fipronil 1.5ml/litre or azardiractin 3ml/litre
Spider :
It can be controlled by spraying
Kelthane 1 ml/lit of water
Bud worm :
It severely affects growing buds
and flowers and can be controlled by
spraying endosulfan 2 ml / per litre of
water.
Leaf spot
Leaf spot can be
controlled by spraying Bavistin
1 g / lit of water
Root rot
Drench 1 g/lit of
Bavisitin to control root rot
Diseases
 Techniques followed:
 Protray nursery
 Protrays (54 x 27 cm with 98 cells) - placed on the
raised beds
 Filled with a media (Sterilized cocopeat (500 kg) +
neem cake (10 kg) + Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria
(each @ 2 kg)).
 Seed treatment - Azospirillum @ 20 g/kg - shade dried
(½ hour)
 Drenching with 0.2 % of 19:19:19 fertilizer, 0.5 %
FeSO4, 0.5 % ZnSO4 - 15 days after sowing.
Precision system of cultivation
 Basal Application:
75 % RDF of phosphorus, i.e. 450 kg of single
super phosphate / ha.
 Layout of drip irrigation system
Two laterals placed at the center of each bed +
emitters with a discharge rate of 4 lph at a spacing of
30cm.
 Seedling treatment:
0.5 % solution of Pseudomonas fluorescens
 Planting:
90 x 22.5 cm - 44,400 plants / ha
 Application of micronutrients
0.5% of FeSO4 and MnSO4 - 30 and 45 DAT – Foliar spray
 Weeding:
Pre-emergence herbicide - Pendimethalin @ 1 kg a.i/ha
 Pinching - 25 to 30 days after transplanting
 Disbudding - 30 days after transplanting
 Application of biostimulants
Humic acid @ 0.20% + seaweed extract @
0.25% - 30 and 45 DAT
 Application of biocontrol agents
Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis @
0.5 % - five times at fortnightly intervals.
Parameters Conventional production
system (Control)
Precision production
system
% increase
over Control
Flower yield (t/ha) 25.12 35.74 42.27
Xanthophyll content
(g/kg of fresh flowers)
1.43 1.99 39.16
Yield
Xanthophyll extraction
 Poultry feed
 Intensifies colour of egg yolk & broiler skin
 Recovery percentage – 0.8 – 1.0%
By Product
Flowers extract is considered as
blood purifier, a cure for
bleeding piles
and is also a good remedy for
eye disease and ulcers.
USES….
 The consumption of lutein and Xanthophyll reduces
40 % of the age related macular degeneration.
 Used in human foods, as a food colorant
 Good Nutrient supplement
Marigold Jelly

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Marigold.pptx

  • 1. Marigold - introduction and uses – varieties - soil and climate and planting systems - weed, nutrition and irrigation management –special horticultural practices - role of growth regulators- harvest index and yield Dr. M. Kumaresan Assistant professor Dept. of Horticulture Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College Lecture No.:6
  • 2.  Loose flowers  Lutein – Pigment extraction  Bedding plant in a herbaceous border  French marigold - rockery, edging, hanging baskets and window boxes  Pot plants  Essential oil - perfume industry  Insect repellant  Used to control nematodes  Pigments (Xanthophyll) used as a natural colour Importance……….. Marigold – Rose of Indies
  • 3.  One of the most important traditional flowers  15,000 hectares in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, UP, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh  India - making garlands and religious functions  Globular shaped flowers – cut-flower purpose
  • 4.  Easiest annual flower to cultivate and wide adaptability  Habit - free flowering, short duration to produce marketable flowers  Wide spectrum of attractive colour, shape, size and keeping quality attracted the attention of flower growers
  • 5. NAME OF THE SPECIES ORIGIN IMPORTANCE Tagetes erecta Mexico and Central America Commercial Xanthophyll extraction Tagetes patula Central America Used as a edging plant Tagetes tenuifolia Mexico and Central America Suitable for pot containers, and window boxes Tagetes lucida Mexico and Guatemala Used as a medicinal plant Tagetes lacera California Suitable for pot containers Tagetes lemmonii Mexico and Central America Used in perfume industries
  • 6. SPECIES  Species: >50 species  Chromosome no. : x=12, 2n=24  The important species are  Tagetes erecta (African Marigold) (2n=24)  Tagetes patula (French Marigold) (2n=48) 
  • 7.  Tagetes minuta, Tagetes pusilla and Tagetes corymbosa – 3 species are grown in garden  India – T. erecta and T. patula dominates in cultivation
  • 8. Tagetes erecta – African Marigold  Mexican marigold, also called Aztec marigold  A hardy annual, about 90 cm, tall type.  Carnation flowered  Chrysanthemum flowered  Dwarf double chrysanthemum flowered  Flower varies from Lemon yellow to yellow, golden yellow, orange.
  • 9. Tagetes patula – French Marigold  A hardy annual, about 30 cm tall, bushy type.  Foliage is dark green with reddish stem.  The flower colour varies from yellow to mahagony – red.
  • 10. Tagetes erecta Tagetes patula Tagetes tenuifolia Tagetes minuta
  • 11. Tagetes signata Tagetes lacera Tagetes lucida Tagetes lemonii
  • 12. Commercially potential species Tagetus erecta African Marigold Tagetes patula French marigold Tagetes tenuifolia / T. signata Signet marigold
  • 13. Tagetes lucida Sweet scented marigold Tagetes lacera Tagetes minuta Wild Marigold
  • 14. Pusa Narangi Gainda  Cracker Jack X Golden Jubilee  80 – 85 cm tall  Big sized Orange flowers  25 - 30 t/ha  Carotenoids - 329 mg/100 g petals (0.32 %) Varieties - African Marigold
  • 15. Pusa Basanti Gainda  Golden Yellow x Sun Giant  60 – 65 cm tall  Medium sized lemon yellow flowers  20 - 25 t/ha Pusa Bahar  Flowers in 90-100 days after sowing.  75-85 cm tall.  Flowers are attractive and large in size (8-9 cm) of yellow colour.  Yield: 50-60 flowers per plant,  Suitable for bedding in gardens as well as other floral decorations.
  • 16. Arka Bangara  Flowers are of yellow gold colour  Flowers are medium in size with 5-6.5 cm in diameter. Yield potential of the variety is 18 tons/acre.  Distinct features of the variety is its petaloid sterile flowers MDU 1  Selection from germplasm  Medium tall plants with moderate branching  20t/ha.  Light orange colour
  • 17. Arka Alankara:  Hybrid selection,  Large, yellow (9A) coloured petaloid- type male-sterile flowers  128.9 flowers/plant.  Multiplied by stem cuttings. Arka Agni :  Hybrid selection  Large, orange (N25C) coloured petaloid- type male-sterile  Multiplied by stem-cuttings
  • 18. Climax, Toreader-extra large,fully double flowers. Gay Ladies-dwarf and extreme free flowering Monshoot-ultra dwarf, free flowering Jubilee-hedge plants
  • 19. Pusa Arpita  Selection from heterozygous population  18-20 t/ha  Produces medium sized, light orange flowers. French Marigold
  • 20. In French marigold loose flower production Rusty Red Butter Scotch Red Brocade Bedding purpose Valencia Sussana Tetraploid
  • 21. Inter-specific hybridization between Tagetes erecta x Tagetes patula has been carried out which finally led to evolution of Red and gold hybrids, Red Glow, Red Gold, Red Seven Star, Nugget, Show Boat.
  • 22. Male sterility (modified cytoplasmic male sterility) APETALOUS -More preferred -Less attracted by pollinating insects FULL DOUBLE FLOWERS - less preferred - prone to break down and give rise to a few disc florets Governed by recessive genes Incorporated into seed parent within 5-6 generation of backcrossing Maintained by crossing the heterozygous plants with Male sterile plants (Arora, 1989)
  • 23. Fertile and sandy loam  A deep, fertile, friable soil having good water holding capacity,  well drained soil is best suitable Soil requirement Cultivation Aspects….
  • 24.  Mild climate for luxuriant growth and flowering  14.5°-28.6°C - improves flowering  26.2°-36.4°C - affects flower production  Optimum temperature: 18-300c  During severe winter plants and flowers are killed and blackened Climatic conditions
  • 25. Seed propagation :  Seed rate – 1-1.5 kg / hectare  F1 hybrids – 200 g/ha  18 to 30oC required for germination  Treat the seeds with Azospirillum (200 g in 50 ml of rice gruel) before sowing  Nursery beds - 3 x 1 m size mixed with 10 kg of FYM / sq. m. Propagation
  • 26.  Mostly to maintain purity of varieties  Presence of adventitious roots along the stem helps in the establishment of cuttings  Apical portion of the shoots  6-8 cm long cuttings treated with IBA – 500 -1000ppm  Planted in the sand to strike roots easily By cuttings
  • 27.  Mid July, mid October and February- March are suitable time for transplanting  Seedlings of 30 days old with 3-4 true leaves  Transplant should be done early in the morning or late in the evening  After transplanting, a light irrigation has to be given Transplanting of seedlings
  • 28. Spacing and planting density:  Tagetes erecta: 40 × 30 cm (83,333 p/ha)  T. patula: 20 × 20 cm (2,50,000 p /ha) or 20 × 10 cm (5,00,000 p/ha)
  • 29. Spacing : 45 x 35 cm Irrigation :  Irrigation is done once in a week or as and when necessary  Water stagnation should be avoided Manuring :  During last ploughing, incorporate 25t/ha of FYM.  45:90:75 kg NPK/ha as basal and 45 kg N/ha as top dressing 45 days after planting.
  • 30. After cultivation : In India, 3-4 manual weeding are required for entire period. Chemical weed control is also recommended Nipping/tipping : Thirty days after planting terminal portion should be tipped / removed to encourage the branching
  • 31.  Summer : flowering from May upto rainy season. Peak in June  Rainy : middle of September continue till December  Winter : middle of January and continue till March  Crop duration - 130 - 150 days Flowering
  • 32. Harvest :  Once in 3 days beginning from 60 days after planting  Harvest when flowers at full size  Harvesting either in the morning or evening.  Field should be irrigated before harvesting so that, flowers keep well for longer period after plucking.  Packaging – mostly in gunny bags  Productivity of plants increases considerably by regular plucking of flowers. Yield - Average of 18 t/ha African marigold:15-28 t/ha French marigold: 10-12 t/ha
  • 33.  Soaking of flowers in 0.1 % Al2 (SO4)3 for 2 hours  Flowers can be stored at 8 – 12 o C for 3 days Post harvest
  • 34. Mealy bug Damage symptom :  Mealy bugs are crowdly present in young shoots, stem and leaves.  Flattening and crinkled with dark green leaves  It’s segregate honey like substances because of that leaves are converted into black sooty mould  Apical parts of the shoots show retarded growth Control measures :  Spray dimethoate @ 2ml/litre.  Spray Fish oil rosin soap @ 25g/litre Plant protection - pest
  • 35. Thrips - Thrips tabaci Damage symptom  Discoloured or distorted plant tissue  Damaged leaves become papery and distorted. Infested terminals may discolour, rolled and drop leaves prematurely.  Petals may exhibit “colour break,” which is pale tissue that was killed by thrips feeding before buds opened. Control measures  Set up yellow sticky trap 20 per acre  Fipronil 1.5ml/litre or azardiractin 3ml/litre
  • 36. Spider : It can be controlled by spraying Kelthane 1 ml/lit of water Bud worm : It severely affects growing buds and flowers and can be controlled by spraying endosulfan 2 ml / per litre of water.
  • 37. Leaf spot Leaf spot can be controlled by spraying Bavistin 1 g / lit of water Root rot Drench 1 g/lit of Bavisitin to control root rot Diseases
  • 38.  Techniques followed:  Protray nursery  Protrays (54 x 27 cm with 98 cells) - placed on the raised beds  Filled with a media (Sterilized cocopeat (500 kg) + neem cake (10 kg) + Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria (each @ 2 kg)).  Seed treatment - Azospirillum @ 20 g/kg - shade dried (½ hour)  Drenching with 0.2 % of 19:19:19 fertilizer, 0.5 % FeSO4, 0.5 % ZnSO4 - 15 days after sowing. Precision system of cultivation
  • 39.
  • 40.  Basal Application: 75 % RDF of phosphorus, i.e. 450 kg of single super phosphate / ha.  Layout of drip irrigation system Two laterals placed at the center of each bed + emitters with a discharge rate of 4 lph at a spacing of 30cm.  Seedling treatment: 0.5 % solution of Pseudomonas fluorescens  Planting: 90 x 22.5 cm - 44,400 plants / ha
  • 41.  Application of micronutrients 0.5% of FeSO4 and MnSO4 - 30 and 45 DAT – Foliar spray  Weeding: Pre-emergence herbicide - Pendimethalin @ 1 kg a.i/ha  Pinching - 25 to 30 days after transplanting
  • 42.  Disbudding - 30 days after transplanting  Application of biostimulants Humic acid @ 0.20% + seaweed extract @ 0.25% - 30 and 45 DAT  Application of biocontrol agents Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis @ 0.5 % - five times at fortnightly intervals.
  • 43. Parameters Conventional production system (Control) Precision production system % increase over Control Flower yield (t/ha) 25.12 35.74 42.27 Xanthophyll content (g/kg of fresh flowers) 1.43 1.99 39.16 Yield
  • 44. Xanthophyll extraction  Poultry feed  Intensifies colour of egg yolk & broiler skin  Recovery percentage – 0.8 – 1.0%
  • 45. By Product Flowers extract is considered as blood purifier, a cure for bleeding piles and is also a good remedy for eye disease and ulcers.
  • 46.
  • 47. USES….  The consumption of lutein and Xanthophyll reduces 40 % of the age related macular degeneration.  Used in human foods, as a food colorant  Good Nutrient supplement