Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 35, No 2 (2022)

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Evaluation of sweet potato genotypes for growth and yield under north transition zone of Karnataka

Iranna Hejjigar, Hiremath S M, Ramachandra Naik, Patil K V S, Kachapur R M, Shekarappa **

Abstract


Abstract: Sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] is one of the important tuber crops of tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Studies on mean performances of 51 sweet potato genotypes was carried out at Shalmala Vegetable Research Centre, Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre (RHREC), Dharwad (University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot) during rabi, 2019-20 and 2020-21. The evaluation study indicated that sufficient amount of variation existed among the genotypes for growth and yield. Among the sweet potato genotypes, maximum tuber length was recorded in BSP-39 (18.11 cm), tuber diameter in NBS-4 (9.35 cm), mean weight of tuber in BSP-28 (269.85 g), for number of tubers per vine (5.45), tuber yield per vine (859.69 g), tuber yield per plot (42.98 kg) and tuber yield per hectare (47.76 t) was noticed in BSP-1 genotype. Significant variation in growth and yield parameters among different genotypes of sweet potato may be due to the inherent genetic makeup of the genotype and influence of environmental conditions

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