2024, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part F

author(s)
Alka and Samir Kumar Tamrakar

abstract
A field experiment entitled “Evaluation of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) varieties for bulb attributes under Chhattisgarh Plains” was conducted at Horticulture Research cum Instructional Farm, Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur during Rabi 2021-22 and 2022-23. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with 11 cultivars of tuberose viz., Mexican Single (T₁), Hyderabad Single (T₂), Arka Nirantara (T₃), Kalyani Single (T₄), Star 505 (T₅), Arka Sugandhi (T₆), Sikkim Selection (T₇), Kolkata Single (T₈), Prajjwal (T₉), Phule Rajni (T₁₀) and GKTC-4 (T₁₁) and replicated each at three times. The results of study revealed that the cultivar Prajwal (T₉) recorded maximum number of bulb plant^-1 (5.93), bulb plot^-1 (216.06) and bulb ha^-1 (380950.72). Diameter of bulb (3.07 cm) and length of bulb (4.84 cm) was recorded in cv. Hyderabad Single (T₂). Maximum individual weight of bulb (31.35 g) and individual weight of bulblet (3.94 g) were observed in Phule Rajni (T₁₀). Number of bulblet plant^-1 (28.24) was recorded in GKTC-4 (T₁₁). On the basis of all bulb parameters of different tuberose cultivars, cv. Prajwal (T₉) was identified as promising tuberose varieties may be preferred for bulb and bulblet production under Chhattisgarh plains and recommended for commercial cultivation of tuberose.