IISR-Pragati (Turmeric)
Year of Release
2017
Pedigree
Germplasm selection
Areas of Adoption
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh states
Crop Duration
180 days
Yield
38.0 t/ha
Potential Yield
52 t/ha
Quality Attribute
Curcumin
5.02%
Oleoresin
15.29%
Essential oil
6.3%
Morphological Characters
Colour of aerial shoot
Green
Plant height (cm)
104
Leaf length/breadth (cm)
49/13.3
No. of tillers per clump
3.5
No. of leaves per tiller
15.87
Yield of rhizomes/clump(g)
577.93
No. of mother rhizomes
3
Wt. of mother rhizomes (g)
84.2
No. of primaries
10.53
Wt. of primaries
292.5
No. of secondaries
16.53
Wt. of secondaries
200
Colour of rhizomes
Orange
Dry recovery %
15.95
Special characteristics
Moderately resistant to root-knot nematode
