Performance of taro (Colocasia esculenta L.) genotypes for qualitative traits under Marathwada conditions

Abstract

The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with 21 treatments replicated thrice. Taro genotypes with "Apex down" leaf position include G1-G4, G6, G8, G9, G11, G13, G14, G15, and G21. Those with "Cup shaped" are G5, G7, G10, G12, and G16-G20. For leaf blade color, G6-G9, G16-G19 and G21 are "Dark green", G1-G4, G10-G15 and G20 are "Green". Genotypes G4, G7, and G17 have "Green" petioles, G1-G3, G6, G8-G13, and G15 are "Light green", G16 and G18-G21 are "Brown", and G5 and G14 are "Yellow". Finally, G1-G4, G6, G7, and G9-G21 have "Dumb bell" corms, while G5 and G8 have "Conical" and "Round" corms respectively. Higher amount of reducing sugar (3.58%) and starch content (22.51%) was recorded in (G9) DPLT-9.