Vol. 12, Issue 1 (2023)

Author(s):
Nandini GS, Maruthi Prasad BN and Dhananjaya BN

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at College of Horticulture, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India during 2020-21 to evaluate the performance of twenty four land-races and two check varieties of turmeric. The results revealed that though released variety Prabha recorded highest plant height (141.10 cm) and Prathibha recorded highest curcumin (6.23%) and oleoresin (13.33%) contents whereas landrace TC-8 possessed highest number of leaves per clump (35.60), tillers per clump (8.40), leaf area (307.56 dm²) and leaf area index (22.78) at 150 days after planting and produced maximum computed fresh rhizome yield (52.88 t ha^-1) and cured yield (13.17 t ha^-1). Hence, the landrace TC-8 is found to be best for Eastern dry zone of Karnataka.