Vol. 10, Issue 7 (2021)

Author(s):
B Anitha, M Padma, Seenivasan Natrajan, D Lakshmi Narayana, M Sujatha and Mahender

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Evaluation of Turmeric variety Selam with different types of planting material on growth, yield and quality of turmeric.” was undertaken to identify diverse parents, for yield and yield components in Turmeric. The experiment was carried out during kharif from 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Turmeric research station, Kammarapally, Nizamabad District, Telangana. Among the interaction effects between different types of planting material and different methods of sowing mother rhizomes recorded significantly the highest values in different parameters at almost all growth stages. Growth characters like the plant height (160.03 cm), number of tillers (5.83), number of leaves (13.0),leaf area (3652.73 cm²), leaf area index (1217.58 cm²), biomass of the plant (991.48g m^-2,number of primary rhizomes (10.50), number of secondary rhizomes (17.17), size of primary rhizomes (25.52cm³), were recorded with the mother rhizomes in combination with raisedbed method of planting.