Vol. 8, Special Issue 4 (2020)
Evaluation of turmeric genotypes in Western zone of Tamil Nadu
Author(s): S Praneetha, V Sivakumar and P Hemalatha
Abstract: A total 148 numbers of turmeric accession from various parts of India along with BSR 1 and 2 as local adopted check varieties were assessed for three sequential years at Agricultural Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Bhavanisagar, Erode district, Tamil Nadu. Regarding the plant phenotypic traits concerned, among the turmeric accessions evaluated at Western Zone of Tamil Nadu, BS 73 recorded the maximum plant height of 77.11cm. The maximum number of leaves per plant (8.65) and number of tillers per plant (2.63) was recorded by the genotype BS 9. A very wide range of difference in mean performance of genotypes was observed for all the yield and quality parameters in this study. The accession BS 9 recorded higher yield per plot (30.01 kg/6m2) followed by the accession CL 101 (27.39 kg/6m2). The accession BS 9 recorded an estimated fresh rhizome yield of 49.82 t/ha, which was the best for rhizome yield than the checks i.e. BSR 1 (33.81 t/ha) and BSR 2 (36.50 t/ha). Highest level of curing per cent was recorded in the genotype CL 204 (18.04%), BSR 1 (18.03%) and the accession BS 9 (17.98%). Estimated cured rhizome yield was recorded highest level in BS 9 (8.96 t/ha) which was followed by CL 101 (8.10 t/ha) and the lowest cured rhizome yield was recorded by the accession CL 206 (6.57 t/ha). Significantly uppermost curcumin content was recorded in the accession CL 206 (5.12%) followed B 3 (5.03%) and BS 9 (4.86%).The highest content of oleoresin was recorded in accession B 9 (11.35%) which was followed by BS 122 (10.87%) and B 2 (10.78%) while the lowest was recorded BS 50 (8.16%). Considerably higher level of essential oil content was recorded in BSR 2 (4.62%) followed by CL 101 (4.52%) and BS 9 (4.47%).
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i4h.10238
Pages: 453-459 | 638 Views 92 Downloads
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S Praneetha, V Sivakumar and P Hemalatha. Evaluation of turmeric genotypes in Western zone of Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2020; 8(4): 453-459. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i4h.10238
