Effect of Tuber Size and Intra-row Spacing on Yield and Quality of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Dawinder .
Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar, India.
Gurbax Singh
Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar, India.
Amanpreet Singh *
Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar, India.
Jagjot Singh
Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A study was conducted to determine the effect of tuber size and intra row spacing on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield and subsequent growth in the 2017 production season. The experiment was laid out in a 3x4 combination arranged in a split-plot design with three replications (three levels of tuber size: 20-30 mm, 30-40 mm and 40-50 mm and four levels of intra row spacing's: 8, 12, 16 and 20 cm). For the optimum emergence and successful growth of potato tubers for processable yield, a size of 40-50 mm and spacing of 20 cm between plants, respectively were identified as the best treatments to be used in the study area.
Keywords: Potato, yield, tuber size, spacing, quality.