Effect of planting material on plant growth, yield and rhizome size of turmeric The present investigation was conducted to find the effect of two genotypes (PH3 and PH4) and three planting materials (mother rhizome, primary fingers, secondary fingers) on plant growth, yield and rhizome size of turmeric. The genotype and genotype x planting material exerted nonsignificant effects, while planting material showed significant differences on most of the characters. As planting material, mother rhizome and primary fingers were significantly better than secondary fingers in respect of plant growth characteristics, yieldplant and size of mother rhizome, primary fingers and secondary fingers production. Although, mother rhizome and primary fingers were at par in terms of plant growth, yield and size of secondary fingers, but former was a better planting material in terms of size of mother rhizome and primary fingers. It is therefore recommended that the growers should use either mother rhizome or primary fingers as planting material to raise the turmeric crop.
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235425100 Effect of planting material on plant growth, yield and rhizome size of turmeric Article in Indian Journal of Horticulture · June 2008 CITATION READS 162 authors, including: Ajmer Dhatt Naveen Garg Punjab Agricultural University Punjab Agricultural University 64 PUBLICATIONS 215 CITATIONS 37 PUBLICATIONS 117 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Development of improved varieties of radish View project Wheat Pathology View project All content following this page was uploaded by Naveen Garg on 10 April 2017 The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file SEE PROFILE View publication stats ... View publication stats