Evaluation of gymnema ecotypes

Author: 
Madhavan, S., Rajkumar, M. and Sha, K.
Abstract: 

The study on evaluation of Gymnema ecotypes was conducted in Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University. A total number of seven accessions Wee Coimbatore. Plaghat Perambalur, Annaikatti, Vellanikara, Kanjicode, Panniyur were collected from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. They were established in the pot culture and evaluated for certain morphological characters like plant height, number of vein per plant, number of leaves per plant, intemode length, leaf area, plant fresh and dry weight were recorded 4 months of planting. The ecotypes (GS-1) Coimbatore performed better recording maximum plant height of 113.29cm no. of leaves/ plants (115.72), No. of veins/plant (17.43), leaf area (10.72 cm2), plant fresh weight (1.364 kg) and plant dry weight (0.662 kg). This was followed by (GS-3) perambalur.

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