Table 1 Growth and Yield Characters and Yield of True Turmeric Varieties (Pooled Over Four

Table 1 Growth and yield characters and yield of true turmeric varieties (Pooled over four years)

Varieties / Plant height (cm) / Tillers plant-1 / Total Leaf numbers plant-1 / Total Leaf area (cm2) plant-1 / Leaf Area Index
(LAI) / Fresh yield
(g plant-1) / Mean fresh yield
(kg 3m2 plot-1) / Dry Recovery
(%) / Mean dry yield
(kg 3m2plot-1)
Megha Turmeric 1 / 37.7 / 3.1 / 19.6 / 7078.9 / 9.4 / 521.8 / 10.5 / 18.7 / 1.92
IISR Alleppy Supreme / 31.9 / 2.9 / 22.8 / 6335.6 / 8.4 / 460.6 / 9.4 / 18.3 / 1.68
IISR Kedaram / 34.4 / 3.6 / 23.1 / 6449.0 / 8.6 / 426.8 / 8.2 / 17.6 / 1.45
IISR Prathibha / 33.9 / 3.3 / 24.6 / 7738.9 / 10.3 / 470.6 / 9.8 / 19.3 / 1.88
BSR 2 / 34.8 / 3.8 / 20.0 / 6208.9 / 8.3 / 579.5 / 11.0 / 12.7 / 1.38
Suranjana / 26.2 / 2.8 / 17.1 / 3812.4 / 5.1 / 574.9 / 12.3 / 16.7 / 2.09
Rajendra Sonia / 28.8 / 2.9 / 16.1 / 3309.1 / 4.4 / 778.9 / 17.0 / 11.2 / 1.92
Roma / 34.2 / 3.0 / 22.4 / 7266.7 / 9.7 / 423.7 / 7.7 / 18.7 / 1.38
Rasmi / 37.6 / 3.8 / 23.7 / 6304.2 / 8.4 / 447.8 / 7.5 / 18.5 / 1.29
Duggriala Red / 39.2 / 3.1 / 22.3 / 7477.3 / 10.0 / 525.7 / 9.6 / 17.3 / 1.81
Narendra Haldi 1 / 24.7 / 2.8 / 16.6 / 4028.0 / 5.4 / 792.3 / 15.0 / 11.8 / 1.79
Mean / 33.0 / 3.2 / 20.8 / 6000.8 / 8.0 / 545.7 / 10.7 / 16.4 / 1.69
SEd / 1.83 / 0.37 / 2.1 / 815.1 / 1.09 / 99.6 / 1.7 / 1.79 / 0.29
CD (P=0.05) / 3.82 / 0.77 / 4.5 / 1700.3 / 2.27 / 207.9 / 3.5 / 3.75 / 0.61