Potato Journal

  • Year: 1997
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 1 & 2

Influence of plant density and geometry on growth and yield in seed crop of potato

  • Author:
  • Azad Singh, B.K. Nehra, S.C. Khurana, Narendra Singh
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 24 to 30

Department of Vegetable Crops, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, (Haryana).

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Abstract

The experiment on potato cv. Kufri Badshah was conducted during autumn season of 1994–95 and 95–96 at CCSHAU, Hisar. Treatments consisted of combinations of six plant densities (47,619–1,66,666 plants/ha) and three plant geometries (50, 60 and 70 cm apart rows). The study reveal that plant height, stems/m2 and tuber number/m2 increased with increase in plant density from 47,619 to 1,66,666 plants/ha, while leaf area index and dry weight of foliage increased up to a plant density of 1,21,212 plants/ha. Plant geometry had no effect at all. Yield of over size tubers decreased, while that of under size increased with increase in plant density up to 1,66,666 plants/ha. The yield of seed size tubers as well as total tuber yield increased with increase in plant density up to 1,21,212 plants/ha, however, plant geometry did not influence the tuber yield significantly (except yield of under size tubers.)