Performance of carrot (Dacus carota L.) varieties for yield and its associated characters

The experiments were conducted to study the performance of three carrot varieties PCP-2, PCY-2 and Punjab Black Beauty during Rabi season of 2020-21 at four locations of district Tarn Taran and three varieties PCO-4, Arka Suraj and Early Nantes in district Amritsar during Rabi season of 2021-22 using randomized block design for yield and its contributing traits. The root colour of variety PCP-2 was purple with orange flesh, PCY-2 was yellow and for variety Punjab Black beauty it was purple. The varieties PCO-4, Arka Suraj and Early Nantes were orange in colour. Maximum average root yield was recorded in variety PCP-2 (517.54 q/ha) which also showed less forking (0.69%) followed by variety PCY-2 (508.40 q/ha) and variety Punjab Black Beauty (473.10 q/ha) in district Tarn Taran. The varieties PCO-4 showed maximum average yield (441.66q/ha) less forking (0.49%) followed by varieties Early Nantes (392.00q/ha) and Arka Suraj (362.33q/ha) at district Amritsar.