YIELD AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TURMERIC VARIETY CO2 IN DHARMAPURI DISTRICT

K. INDHUMATHI¹*, P.S. SHANMUGAM², M.A. VENNILA³, M. SANGEETHA^4
1ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003
²ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003
³ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003
⁴ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003
* Corresponding Author : nilaadoss@gmail.com

Received : 24-01-2018     Accepted : 28-01-2018     Published : 30-01-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 2       Pages : 5073 - 5075
Int J Agr Sci 10.2 (2018):5073-5075

Keywords : Turmeric, Variety, CO2, Micronutrient, IISR micronutrient
Academic Editor : Malay Kumar Pramanik, Mahesh G. Bhoyar, Rajesh Aarwe, Dr Asha Poonia, Senguttuvan Jamuna, Deepa Roy, Deva Ram Meghawal, Ljiljana Kuzmanovic, Dr. Puspendu Dutta
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors of thankful to the ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Bengaluru and Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore for funding and providing necessary infrastructure to conduct the demonstration in the farmers’ fields
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Turmeric is an important horticultural crop of Dharmapuri district and the average productivity was lesser. Use of local varieties and micronutrient deficiency due to indiscriminate use of fertilizers affects the yield. Hence, front line demonstrations were taken up in five farmers’ field in the Pulikarai cluster of Dharmapuri district, to introduce the high yielding variety CO2 and the foliar application of IISR micronutrient mixture for turmeric during Kharif 2015. The demonstration plots recorded 18.50 percent in the micro nutrient deficiency as against 61.0 percent in the check plots. The demonstrations recorded 12.5 percent yield increase compared to that of the check plots (farmers’ practice – local variety without ICM practices). The highest yield recorded is 28.0 tonnes of fresh rhizomes per hectare where as the lowest is 22.5 tonnes per hectare. The net returns and BCR also recorded to be higher in the demonstrations (Rs. 3,48,250/- and 6.8 respectively) than the check plots (Rs. 2,89,250/- and 5.9 respectively).

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