ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

A.S. Thounaojam , A.D. Patel, A.Y. Makani, N.N. Chaudhary and D.B. Nakarani
Department of Plant Physiology, Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, India.
*Assistant Research Scientist, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Station, ICAR Unit, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India.
J. Pure Appl. Microbiol., 2016, 10 (2): 1311-1317
© The Author(s). 2016
Received: 11/02/2016 | Accepted: 12/03/2016 | Published: 30/06/2016
Abstract

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is one of the important spice crops currently receiving research attention to increase production and quality. A field experiment was therefore conducted at the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Project, Anand Agricultural University, Anandin 2012-13 and 2013-14 to determine the effect of variety, planting material, plant growth bio-regulant on growth, yield and quality performance of turmeric. Under the main plot treatment consists of two varieties of turmeric, Gujarat navsari Turmeric-1 (V1) and Sughandhum (V2) along with two planting materials like mother (M1) and finger (M2) rhizome of each variety. In sub plot treatments consists of foliar spray of plant growth bio-regulant at 90 days after planting, which included of IBA at two levels (100 and 200 mg l-1), NAA (50 and 100 mg l-1) and KNO3 (2000 and 4000 mg l-1) with control (without spray). The growth, yield and quality contributing parameters were significantly differed during the individual years. The results revealed that mother rhizomes used as a planting material of variety Gujarat Navsari Turmeric-1 with NAA @ 100 mg l-1 had significant effect for plant height, leaf length, leaf width, number of leaves and tillers per plant; yield (t ha-1) as well as higher curcumin content (%) were also observed.

Keywords

Turmeric, Variety, Planting material, IBA, NAA, KNO3, Growth, Yield, Curcumin.

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