Ericulture and Prospects for Exploitation-Presentation at Workshop ...
Ericulture and Prospects for Exploitation-Presentation at Workshop ...
Ericulture and Prospects for Exploitation-Presentation at Workshop ...
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‣ Study on leaf yield of different eri food plants revealedmaximum production in payam <strong>and</strong> kesseru (25,000kg) followed by castor (14,000 kg) <strong>and</strong> tapioca (8,028kg in H-648 variety) per hectare per year.‣ April-May <strong>and</strong> September-October are the bestseasons <strong>for</strong> tapioca planting. Leaf yield/hectare oftapioca was recorded as 9271.09 kg <strong>and</strong> tuber yield /hectare as 18529.84 <strong>at</strong> a spacing of 90 x 90 cm.‣ Four tapioca varieties namely, H-1423, H-97, H-468 <strong>and</strong>Local were screened <strong>for</strong> leaf yield, tuber yield <strong>and</strong>rearing per<strong>for</strong>mances.‣ Tapioca variety, H-468 recorded highest leaf <strong>and</strong> tuberyield (23,798.35 <strong>and</strong> 29,859.62 kg/ha/yr, respectively)which also showed better rearing per<strong>for</strong>mancecompared to other varieties.
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