Influence of seed rhizome treatment with metabolite elicitors on growth and yield parameters of turmeric

The experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri, BCKV, West Bengal during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021to study the influence of seed rhizome treatment with metabolite elicitors on growth and yield of turmeric. The results were observed significant variations among different treatments in respect of most of the parameters. Plants raised from seed rhizome treated with salicylic acid-200 ppm recorded maximum number of leaves (21.15), tillers (3.37), clump weight (325.95 g), length of clump (18.55 cm), breadth of clump (16.46 cm), weight of primary finger (166.29 g), length of primary finger (9.99 cm), breadth of primary finger (2.31 cm), weight of secondary finger (140.51 g), length of secondary finger (5.06 cm), breadth of secondary finger (1.75 cm), yield plot-1 (12.39 kg 3m-2), projected yield (30.96 t ha-1.The maximum plant height (162.13 cm) and number of secondary fingers (14.09) were recorded in salicylic acid-300 ppm. The maximum number of primary fingers (9.61).