The Effect of Alternative Tillage Practices on Potato Growth and Yield

Chitrangda Parihar *

Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior - 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Harsha

Department of Fruit Science, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior - 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Aman Pratap Singh Chauhan

Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior - 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India.

S. P. Singh

Department of Agronomy, CPRI, Regional Station Patna (ICAR) Bihar, India.

Varsha Gupta

Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior - 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Dheerendra Singh

Department of Agronomy, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior - 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

An experiment was conducted during the rabi seasons of 2021-22 and 2022-23 at the Research Farm, ICAR-Central Potato Research Station RS, Gwalior (M.P.). The experiment consisted of 7 treatments viz.; Farmer’s practice (T1), CIP Technique (T2), Regional AICRIP/INSTITUTE recommendation/hoeing (T3), Flat-bed planting (T4), Flat-bed planting & mulching (T5), Flat-bed planting & ridging (T6) and Flat-bed planting, ridging and mulching (T7) with 3 replications. The soil of experimental field was a sandy clay loam with uniform topography. The result showed that CIP Technique (T2) at par with Flat-bed planting, ridging and mulching (T7) were registered superior values of growth parameters viz.; plant height, number of compound leaves per plant and dry weight of haulm per plant (45.67 & 45.43 cm, 49.38 & 49.10 and 24.73 & 24.00 g; respectively), yield attributes viz.; number of tubers per plant and dry weight of tubers per plant (8.72 & 8.65 and 54.97 & 54.50 g; respectively) as well as tuber yield (299.23 & 282.44 qha-1) of potato over rest of the treatments.

Keywords: Growth parameters, potato, tillage practices, yield attributes, yield


How to Cite

Parihar, Chitrangda, Harsha, Aman Pratap Singh Chauhan, S. P. Singh, Varsha Gupta, and Dheerendra Singh. 2024. “The Effect of Alternative Tillage Practices on Potato Growth and Yield”. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 36 (11):327-31. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i115148.