Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2019)
Effect of tuber treatment with plant extracts as inducer on tuber germination, growth and yield of potato
Author(s): Virendra Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Prem Naresh, Surdeep Verma and Dharmendra Kumar Gautam
Abstract: Eleven plant extrects inducers like Parthenium hysterophorus, Lantana camara, Physalis, Melilotus albus, Datura metel (alba), Solanum nigrum, Achyranthes aspera, Salix alba, Thevetia peruviana (yellow kaner), Duranta erecta and Polyalthia longifolia have been used as seed tuber treatment to find out their effect on germination, growth parameter and yield of potato in pot culture. Tuber treated with plant extracts stimulated the germination of potato tuber. Among the entire treatments three plant extracts namely Parthenium hysterophorus, Lantana camara and Physalis treated tuber have given 100% germination over control. The growth promoting effect of among the plant extracts was perceived with Lantana camara treatment showing maximum shoot length, representing maximum 19.8% shoot length at 30 days after sowing of potato tuber over control. The maximum number of large size tuber were harvested in L. camara treated plant representing 3 tuber, with total weight of 378.42 gm followed by P. hysterophorus, which is 2 tuber, having total weight of 354.0 gm among all the treatments over control. As per yield concerned the highest total yield 378.42 gm per plant/pot was recorded from L. camara followed by P. hysterophorus was showing 354.0 gm/plant/pot representing, second highest among the treatment over control. Lowest yield was recorded Polyalthia longifolia treated plant representing only 190.0 gm/plant/pot. The other treatments were also showed significant effect in increasing growth and yield parameters potato plants compared to control.
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Virendra Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Prem Naresh, Surdeep Verma, Dharmendra Kumar Gautam. Effect of tuber treatment with plant extracts as inducer on tuber germination, growth and yield of potato. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(1):1103-1106.
