History of Chrysanthemum

History of improvement of Chrysanthemum
    Chrysanthemum:
    • Work on chrysanthemum improvement was taken up at NBRI, Lucknow; IIHR, Hessaraghatta; PAU Ludhiana and BCKV Kalyani.
    • At NBRI, selection from seedlings raised from pollinated seeds resulted in evolution and release of several outstanding cvs. Some of the popular varieties released are, 'Birbal Sahni', 'Hemant Singar', 'Suhag Singar', 'Jyoti', 'Kundan', 'Rim Jhim', 'Sharada', 'Sharad Bahar', 'Sharad Mala', 'Sharad Shoba', 'Sharad Singar', 'Varsha' and 'Vasantika'.
    • 'No pinch, no stake' type cvs. 'Sharad Singar', 'Hemant Singar', and 'Guldasta' were also released.
    • IIHR, Hessaraghatta has also developed some varieties namely, 'Indira', 'Rakhee' and 'Red Gold'.
    • At PAU, Ludhiana cvs. 'Santi', 'Vasanti', and 'Baggi' were released.

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