IISR Pragati (Turmeric)

pragati

 

 

Year of Release:2017

Pedigree:Germplasm selection

Areas of Adoption:Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh states

Crop Duration: 180days

Yield: 38.0 t/ha

Potential Yield:52 t/ha 

Quality Attribute:
Curcumin:5.02%
Oleoresin:15.29%
Essential oil:6.3%
 

 

Morphological Characteristics:
Colour of aerial shoot:Green
Plant height (cm):104
Leaf length/breadth (cm):49/13.3
No. of tillers per clump:3.5
No. of leaves per tiller:15.87
Yield of rhizomes/clump(g):577.93
No. of mother rhizomes:3
Wt. of mother rhizomes (g):84.2
No. of primaries:10.53
Wt. of primaries:292.5
No. of secondaries:16.53
Wt. of secondaries:200
Colour of rhizomes:Orange
Dry recovery %:15.95

Special characteristics:Moderately resistant to root-knot nematode