Comparative study of different turmeric cultivars in areca-based cropping system and open field under Sub-Himalayan Terrai Region of West Bengal
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2004
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A total of eleven turmeric cultivarshnes were evaluated for their perfonnznce in the panial shade of arecanut canopy and open condition under Sub-Himalayan Terai region of West Bengal. The cultivar Suguna gave the highest yield (29.04Vha) followed by CLS-2A (27.41 uha) and Kasturi (26.22Vha) under areca shade and the cultivar Sudarsana produced maximum fresh rhizomes (44.53 Whai) followed bv Suruna (38.53wha) and Kasluri 138.05 ma1 in noencondinon. Sudarsana and Kasturi also performed well in arecashadc bul the yield was lowerthanin the open condition: the mean internodal distanceand yield per plant were responsible for the higher yield. This is supponed by moderately higher numhers of secondary fingers and mother rhizome weight. The cultivar Suguna is also found to be tolerant to Cerrosponr leaf spot under the panial shade of areca canopy.
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Arecanut, Mangala, secondary selection, inter se
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Journal of Plantation Crops. Vol. 32, Issue 2,Pages 45-47