Flowers are natures gift to mankind and symbolize purity, peace, love and beauty. It is said that, human born with flowers, lives with flowers and finally dies with flowers. Chrysanthemum belongs to Asteraceae family and ranks second among all flowers. With the advancement of technology, growers main objective is perfection in the form of plants in the quality of flowers and increase in the flower production. Now a days various chemicals are being tried for controlling growth and flowering of chrysanthemum with a view to have compact plants and also to stretch out or retard the rate of plant...

There is an increasing demand all over the world for the decoration of living and working places with eco-friendly things like fresh flowers, foliages, dried plant parts and dry flowers. Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) is also an important commercial crop of the world and belongs to the family Asteraceae. However knowledge of growers about role of micronutrients for higher production and good quality chrysanthemum flowers is meagre. Micronutrients play an important role in growth, flowering and yield of flowers. In view to address the above facts, the study undertaken, to find...