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Year of Release:2004
Pedigree:AFT selection
Areas of Adoption:Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and North Bengal
Crop Duration:210 days
Yield:5.28 dry t/ha
Potential Yield: 29 t/ha fresh
Quality Attribute:
Curcumin:5.70%
Oleoresin:14%
Essential oil:3.0%
Special characteristics:Consistency in curcumin content and tolerant to disease (Leaf blotch)
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Morphological Characteristics:
Colour of aerial shoot:Green
Plant height (cm):50.80
Leaf length/breadth (cm):63.7/16.2
No. of tillers per clump:2.5
No. of leaves per tiller:12.5
No. of mother rhizomes:1.85
No. of primaries:116.40
No. of secondaries:14.01
Wt. of secondaries:113.49
Colour of rhizome core:Reddish yellow
Dry recovery %:19.5
Reaction to major pests and diseases:
Leaf blotch (Taphrina maculans):Field tolerant
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