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Impact of Irrigation Systems and Dates of Planting on Growth Parameters of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Author: Mukesh Kumar , Arun Kumar Bhatia , Surender Kumar, Parveen Kumar , Vishal Atwal and Sunil Kumar

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Abstract

The present research titled “Impact of Irrigation Systems and Dates of Planting on Growth Parameters of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)” was conducted at Research farm of Department of Vegetable Science, CCS HAU, Hisar during the years 2017-18 and 2018-19. Among various irrigation systems, micro-sprinkler irrigation systems (I2) was significantly improve growth parameters i.e. Plant height (47.73 and 52.45 cm), number of stems hill-1 (1.77 & 1.82), Numbers of leaves stem-1 (24.91 and 26.86), Leaves weight (283.90 and 274.18 g) and Stem weight (65.46 g & 62.44) Harvested at 75 DAP and 90 DAP, respectively, of potato over furrow irrigation system, whereas, among various dates of sowing, (D4) 15th October had significant effects on potato growth metrics of potato i.e. Plant height (49.23 cm and 50.60 cm Harvested at 75 DAP and 90 DAP, respectively, number of stem hill-1 (1.95 and 2.15 Harvested at 75 DAP and 90 DAP), Numbers of leaves stem-1 (26.33 and 27.46 Harvested at 75 DAP and 90 DAP), Leaves weight (323.49 g and 315.37 Harvested at 75 DAP and 90 DAP) and Stem weight (79.10 g & 72.69 Harvested at 75 DAP and 90 DAP) over rest of the remainder dates of planting during 2017‒19. So, in the future, I recommend that potato crops be sown on October 15th with a micro-sprinkler watering system and harvested at 75 and 90 dap, respectively, for better growth characteristics and maybe better yield.

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Dates of planting, growth parameters, furrow, irrigation, micro-sprinkler, potato.

Conclusion

As per observation of this research, Micro-sprinkler irrigation with Kufri-Lima found superior to increase growth parameters from 6.09 to 17.62 % significantly more were harvested at 75 DAP and 90 DAP, respectively, which was comparatively higher than furrow irrigation method. Finally, by following the conclusion, it is suggested that potato (Kufri-Lima) planted on 15th October and harvested at 75 DAP under micro-sprinkler irrigation method to be a good for growth parameters and yield of potato crop under Hisar conditions.

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Mukesh Kumar, Arun Kumar Bhatia, Surender Kumar, Parveen Kumar, Vishal Atwal and Sunil Kumar (2022). Impact of Irrigation Systems and Dates of Planting on Growth Parameters of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Biological Forum –