VARIETAL PERFORMANCE AND FOLIAGE YIELD IN VEGETABLE AMARANTH

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the foliage yield and its component characters of different level of cuttings in vegetable amaranth. The 10 cultivars were grown in RBD with three replications and foliage cutting was started after 3rd week of sowing and subsequent cuttings were done at the interval of 10 days. Data on plant height, branches/plant, leaves/plant and leave size were taken of each cutting. The cultivar 'AV-190' (285.24 q/ha) was "found the most promising cultivar for foliage yield followed by 'AV-45' (270.66 q/ha) and lAV-3511' (218.75 q/ha). It was observed that foliage yield enhanced in subsequent cuttings. The component characters noticed were mainly responsible for the enhancement of foliage yield.