Central Research Institute For Jute and Allied Fibers Barrackpore, West Bengal, 743 101
1Present Address. Central Institute of Horticulture for Northern Plains, B-217, Indira Nagar, Lucknow-226 016.
2Statistician. CIHNP, Lucknow.
Nitrate reductase activity (NRA) in the leaves of 19 different cultivars of jute (Corchorus capsularis L. and C. olitorius L.) seedlings were studied in relation to yield characters. NRAs showed positive correlation with the yield characters. Fibers and wood weight per plant and, yield potential in term of fibre weight could possibly be related with nitrate reductase activity at seedling stage. Based on correlation study and analysis of variance (ANOVA) between NRA and fibre weight it was also found that JRC 212, JRC 321, JRO 524 and JRO 632 were superior amongst other cultivars. However, on the bais of Duncan's multiple range test (DMRT) above cultivars were not significantly different to each other in fibre yield potential.
