Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Response of elephant foot yam [Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson] to different chemicals
Author(s): Samatha Punna, Desai KD, Tandel BM and Desai GB
Abstract: An investigation was carried out to study the influence of chemicals on growth and yield parameters in elephant foot yam [Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson] cv. Gajendra with soaking of setts for one hour in different chemicals. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design consisted eleven treatments (Thiourea: 200 and 300 ppm; KNO3: 500 and 750 ppm; GA3: 100 and 200 ppm; CCC: 50 and 75 ppm; MH: 250 and 500 ppm and water soaked i.e. control) which were replicated thrice. The results showed that the minimum number of days to first emergence (20.00 days) and 50 % emergence (31.33 days) were recorded under T1 (Thiourea - 200 ppm) and T2 (Thiourea 300 ppm) treatments, respectively. Plant height, culm girth and petiole length showed non-significant difference at 90 DAP. Maximum plant height at 120 DAP (63.73 cm) and at 150 DAP (63.29 cm) was gained in T1 treatment. Maximum culm girth (15.57 cm) at 120 DAP and 16.30 cm at 150 DAP was also recorded in same treatment. Similarly, petiole length at 120 DAP (52.80 cm) and at 150 DAP (53.67 cm) was found highest in same T1 treatment. Canopy spread in both the direction was found non-significant except at 120 DAP in E-W direction, having maximum spread of 72.13 cm in T2 treatment. Maximum corm yield (30.15 t/ha) was also recorded in T1 treatment.
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Samatha Punna, Desai KD, Tandel BM, Desai GB. Response of elephant foot yam [Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson] to different chemicals. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):1482-1484.
