Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

The present investigation entitled “Effect of cut tubers technology and varieties on growth, yield and economics of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)” was conducted at MES Vegetable Research Farm, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P.) during Rabi season of 2019-20. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized block design with three replications keeping two varieties, Kufri Sadabahar and Kufri Ashoka and four tuber treatment viz., cut tuber (60x10cm), cut tuber (60x15cm), cut tuber (60x20cm), whole tuber (60x20cm).

Results revealed that among tuber treatments application of Kufri Sadabahar variety with cut tuber (60x10cm) proved superior to other treatments with respect to higher crop growth, yield and yield attributes, Maximum gross return (283200.00), net return (202285.00) and cost of cultivation (80915.00) and benefit cost ratio (2.50) was found with the application of Kufri Sadabahar variety with cut tuber (60x10cm) treatment combinations.