Research Article
Rhizome Yield of Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus L.) as Influenced by Planting Season, Harvest Time, and Spacing
Table 3
Yield-dependant parameters of Acorus calamus (sweet flag) harvested at different durations over two seasons and years.
| Harvest time | Seasonal rhizome yield parameters plant-1 | Rainy | Autumn | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | Mean | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | Mean | L | B | W | L | B | W | L | B | W | L | B | W | L | B | W | L | B | W |
| At 7th month | 61.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 58.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 60.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 61.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 63.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 62.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | At 8th month | 69.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 63.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 66.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 63.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 62.0 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 62.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | At 9th month | 75.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 67.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 71.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 74.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 81.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 78.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | At 10th month | 76.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 72.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 74.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 88.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 103.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 96.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | At 11th month | 92.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 81.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 87.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 98.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 115.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 107.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | At 12th month | 97.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 89.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 93.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 101.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 114.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 108.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | Trial Mean | 78.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 72.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 75.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 81.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 90.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 85.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| C.D. at 5% | 17.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 15.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 16.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | C.V. | 12.5 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 11.3 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 9.5 |
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L: length (cm), B: width (cm), and W: weight (kg).
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