Study of planting geometry in PKM-1 moringa

The present investigation was conducted in randomized block design with 3 replications (‘PKM-1’) in 9 treatments (2.5×1.0, 2.5×2.5, 1.5×1.0, 1.0×1.0, 2.5×2.0, 1.3×1.0, 3.0×2.5, 3.0×3.0, and 1.2×1.2 m) and result concluded that the growth and yield parameter was found significantly superior in treatment T6 (1.3×1.0 m) at 270 days after planting for most of the characters i.e. stem girth (5.70 cm), number of branches plant^-1 (16.27), number of leaflets rachis^-1 (62.32), length of rachilla plant^-1 (16.57 cm), leaflet length (24.10 cm), petiole length (12.54 cm), leaflet-petiole ratio (2.03), canopy spread (171.00 cm), fresh leaf weight (327.80 g), dry leaf weight (73.55 g), fresh leaf yield (2521.54 kg ha^-1), dry leaf yield (565.74 kg ha^-1), dry matter percentage (22.43) and B:C ratio fresh leaves (3.04) and dry leaves (7.29). The association studied revealed that the fresh leaf yield was a highly positive association with stem base diameter, stem girth, number of branches plant^-1, number of leaflets rachis^-1, length of rachilla plant^-1, canopy spread, fresh leaf weight, dry leaf weight, leaflet length, petiole length and dry matter percentage at genotypic and phenotypic levels.
The path coefficient analysis revealed that the character’s plant height, stem base diameter, number of leaflet rachis^-1, length of rachilla plant^-1, fresh leaf weight, dry leaf yield, dry matter percentage showed a positive direct effect on fresh leaf yield understudied.

III International Symposium on Moringa

B.S. Asati

planting geometry, foliage yield, moringa, correlation, path coefficient

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2024.1394.14