Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Devendra Kumar Sahu, Pravin Kumar Sharma, Dhananjay Sharma, Sunil Agrawal, Laxmi Prasad Bhardwaj and Vandana Yadav

Abstract:
The present study entitled “Studies on effect of cut and whole seed tubers, plant spacing and different varieties on quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) under Chhattisgarh plains condition” was conducted during rabi season 2019-20 and 2020-21 under All India Coordinated Research Project on Potato, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) This experiment was designed in Factorial Randomized block design had three replications, sixteen treatment combinations, keeping four varieties i.e. V₁: K. Jyoti, V₂: K. Pukhraj, V₃: K. Sindhuri and V₄: K. Neelkanth and four plant spacing i.e. S₁: 10 cm cut seed tuber, S₂: 15 cm cut seed tuber, S₃: 20 cm cut seed tuber and S₄: 20 cm whole seed tuber. To identifying the most suitable high yielder potato varieties under cut and whole seed tuber, also to find out the best combination of plant spacing and potato varieties suitable for the grower of these region. Among the varieties the quality parameters were differ significantly during first and second year and it was higher specific gravity (1.06 and 1.07), starch content (16.17 and 18.51), total soluble solid (4.51 and 4.59) also significantly in higher V₃ (K. Sindhuri). And among the spacing the quality parameters were differ significantly during first and second year and it was higher starch content (14.83 and 16.55) and total soluble solid (4.99 and 5.25) were also significantly in higher S₄ (20 cm whole seed tuber) during both the year of study. The interaction effect varieties and plant spacing of quality parameters specific gravity (1.08 and 1.09) significantly higher in V₃S₄ (K. Sindhuri and 20 cm whole seed tuber).