Growth and Yield of Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott.) as Affected by Planting Distance
Table 2
Effect of different accessions of taro on growth parameters.
Week
Accession
PH (cm)
NL/P
LL (cm)
LW (cm)
NS/P
PL (cm)
4
BL/SM/80
64.1
4.5
30.9
20.6
1.0
45.8
BL/SM/16
53.9
4.4
28.8
17.9
0.1
36.2
CV (%)
4.6
11.5
6.0
6.1
21.5
3.4
value
0.04
0.78
0.27
0.11
0.04
0.02
LSD (0.05)
9.5
1.8
6.3
4.1
0.8
5.1
8
BL/SM/80
98.1
5.3
41.2
29.0
2.9
73.2
BL/SM/16
83.6
5.7
41.1
26.9
2.6
57.6
CV (%)
8.4
8.4
9.2
8.6
24.2
5.9
value
0.15
0.38
0.98
0.39
0.64
0.03
LSD (0.05)
26.9
1.6
13.3
8.5
2.8
13.6
12
BL/SM/80
113.4
5.0
46.3
32.7
3.4
89.2
BL/SM/16
91.8
5.3
42.9
27.9
4.3
68.2
CV (%)
12.2
1.9
9.4
9.4
21.5
8.8
value
0.17
0.06
0.42
0.18
0.30
0.07
LSD (0.05)
44.1
0.3
14.6
10.1
2.9
24.2
16
BL/SM/80
116.9
5.4
44.4
30.6
3.9
90.6
BL/SM/16
94.2
6.4
41.9
27.0
6.3
68.8
CV (%)
10.6
1.2
8.3
11.1
25.9
11.7
value
0.13
0.003
0.48
0.30
0.16
0.10
LSD (0.05)
39.5
0.3
12.6
11.2
4.7
32.8
20
BL/SM/80
107.9
5.7
38.2
25.0
5.2
84.7
BL/SM/16
100.6
6.6
42.8
26.7
8.8
73.7
CV (%)
9.0
5.2
8.0
8.5
18.1
9.7
value
0.44
0.07
0.23
0.46
0.07
0.22
LSD (0.05)
33.1
1.1
11.4
7.1
4.4
27.1
24
BL/SM/80
105.6
3.9
36.8
23.9
5.6
83.3
BL/SM/16
105.1
5.2
41.9
25.2
10.1
79.5
CV (%)
8.0
12.4
7.0
6.9
13.7
8.8
value
0.95
0.09
0.15
0.30
0.04
0.59
LSD (0.05)
29.5
1.9
9.7
6.0
3.8
25.3
28
BL/SM/80
78.4
1.6
23.4
15.6
5.8
65.1
BL/SM/16
88.3
2.0
32.2
19.2
10.1
69.2
CV (%)
11.9
14.4
9.6
11.0
6.6
13.0
value
0.35
0.22
0.05
0.15
0.01
0.62
LSD (0.05)
34.9
0.9
9.4
6.7
1.9
30.6
PH = plant height, NL/P = number of leaves, per plant, LL = leaf length, LW = leaf width, PL = petiole length, and NS/P = number of suckers per plant. Significant () factors are marked in bold.
