Studies on the Performance of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L) Accessions for Rhizome Yield and Yield Attributing Parameters for Gujarat Condition

The Thirty turmeric accessions collected from different part of Gujarat and evaluated for yield attributing characters for Gujarat condition, Gujarat state at Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Project, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, during kharif2011–12. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with thre replication with different twenty characters. The component of variance revealed the prevalenceof significant difference among the accessions studied for all the papameters. On the basis of the performance the accessions NVST 6, NVST 43, NVST 27, NVST 26 and sugandhum found promising in rhizome yield. The parameters weight of secondary rhizome per plant, weight of mother rhizome per plant, weight of primary rhizome per plant, dry rhizome yield per plant and initial weight of rhizome show high GCV and PCV. Whereas, plant height, leaf width, leaf length and curcumin content showed low GCV and PCV. Heritability in broad sense was higher in most of the parameters days to maturity, wet rhizome yield per plant, dry rhizome yield per plant, initial weight of rhizome, weight of secondary rhizome per plant and number of secondary rhizome per plant. High heritability coupled with high GA was found in days to maturity and wet rhizome yield per plant.