HOW DOES WATER DEFICIT AFFECT GLADIOLUS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT?

The growing demand for gladiolus, especially at peaks of consumption, requires efficient scheduled production and good quality floral stems. objective this study was to understand how water deficit affects the growth development gladiolus and, consequently, stems produced. Plant development, quantitative parameters stems, dry mass partitioning were evaluated in two field experiments with four cultivars, without irrigation. cycle longer non-irrigated treatment, whereas its duration under no similar that predicted by PhenoGlad, which is a phenology model. As PhenoGlad predicts only scenarios deficit, inclusion water-stress submodel model would allow application any supply scenario help decision makers farmers plan more accurately. Water also reduced flower stem size, but did not affect partitioning. negatively affected stress, irrigation essential producing high-quality enabling planning consumption.