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Arvi/Taro [Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum (L.) Schott] : Jhankri

 Salient features

• Erect plants with cup shaped leaves.
• Round corm with elliptical cormel.
• White and brown tuber skin with white flesh.
• It takes 6–7 months to maturity.
• Cooking quality: Excellent.
• Dry matter: 23.5–24.6%.
• Total starch: 12.3–14.2%.

Performance
• The yield ranges from 12 to 18 tonne/ha.
• Tolerant to submergence, drought and salinity stresses, hence can be grown in a wide range of agroclimatic conditions.
• Tolerant to Phytophthora leaf blight disease.




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