Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Yagnam Madhuri, V Suchitra, D Laxmi Narayana, D Praneeth Kumar and L Saravanan

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Studies on the effect of spacing and method of planting on tuber quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cv. Kufri Chandramukhi for maximum tuber production under Southern Telangana agro- climatic conditions” was carried out during Rabi season of 2021-22 at SKLTSHU, College of Horticulture, Rajendranagar, and Hyderabad. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with two factors, eight treatment combinations which were replicated thrice. Two factors are two planting methods Raised bed (M₁) and Ridge and furrow (M₂) and four different spacings are 50 cm × 20 cm (S₁), 50 cm × 30 cm (S₂), 60 cm × 20 cm (S₃) and 60 cm × 30 cm (S₄). The results revealed that the quality parameters like maximum starch content (21.52%), ascorbic acid (15.11 mg 100 g^-1), were significantly recorded when potato was grown on Raised bed with a spacing of 60 cm × 30 cm and the interaction effect on total sugars (%), reducing sugars (%), total soluble solids (^oBrix) was found to be non-significant.