COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GROWTH OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L.) IN MANIPUR CONDITIONDibyendu Debbarma, Kshetrimayum Manishwari Devi*, Tabuiliu Abonmai and M.S. SinghAbstract A field experiment entitled âComparative study on growth of different varieties of potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) in Manipur conditionâ was conducted during rabi season of 2014-15 at the Research Farm of College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur. The treatment consists of Kufri Jyoti (T1), Kufri Kanchan (T2), Kufri Himalini (T3), Aberchaibi (T4), Kufri Giridhari (T5) and Kufri Shailja (T6) with four replications under Randomized Block design. Observations on growth parameters such as plant height, number of leaves, number of stem were recorded for testing the significance of variance of the different treatments. Kufri Giridhari (T5) was found the maximum plant height 8.75 cm, 28.65 cm and 35.67 cm at 30, 60 and 90 DAS respectively compare to other varieties and number of leaves were also found higher in Kufri Giridhari (T5) variety. The number of stems were higher in Aberchaibi (T4) variety 4.40, 5.15 and 6.40 in 30, 60 and 90 DAS respectively. |