VARIABILITY STUDIES OF YIELD AND QUALITY IN TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA L.) AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT TYPES AND LEVELS OF ORGANIC MANURES & BIO-FERTLIZERS BASED ON STRATIFICATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS

RANVIJAY PRATAP SINGH¹*, P.K. JAIN², A. TIWARI³, A.K. VERMA⁴, S.K. DWIVEDI^5
1Department of Horticulture, Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidylay, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Department of Horticulture, Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidylay, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Department of Horticulture, Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidylay, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Horticulture, Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidylay, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁵Department of Plant Physiology, Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidylay, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : Ranvijayparihar01@gmail.com

Received : 04-10-2015     Accepted : 19-11-2015     Published : 14-12-2015
Volume : 7     Issue : 13       Pages : 824 - 827
Int J Agr Sci 7.13 (2015):824-827

Keywords : Bio-fertilizer, Growth, Organic manure, Turmeric and Yield
Academic Editor : Pradeep Mishra, Padmanaban K, Vishwajith Kp, Dmello Basil Rudolph, Chandrawati Jee
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

An investigation was made to determine the “effect of bio-fertilizers and organic manures on growth and yield of turmeric during Kharif and Rabi season of 2012-2013. On the basis of present investigation, it is concluded that the turmeric variety Guntur responded well in terms of morphological, yield and its attributing and quality characters. The finding will help to a great extent in treatment of bio-fertilizers and organic manure, the treatment O4 (Poultry manure) was found significantly superior as compared to other treatments of organic manures. Highest growth characters (viz., plant height, number of leaves, leaf length, leaf width, number of clumps per plant, length of clumps per plant treatment) and yield attributes (viz., weight of primary and secondary rhizomes per plant, fresh weight of rhizomes per plant, dry matter recovery (%), leaf area index, leaf area duration, dry leaves per plot, rhizomes yield per plot and per hectare) were found in the treatment O4 (Poultry manure @ 5 t/ha) as compared to O1 (O1 i.e. control). Under the treatment of biofertilizers, B2 (PSB 5 kg/ha) obtained maximum yield over all other doses and the lowest yield was reported under treatment B0 (No biofertilizer). Hence it was identified that Poltry manure 5 t/ha and biofertilzers @ 5 kg/ha individually proved the best for “Kymorepleatue and Satpura hills” of Madhya Pradesh.