Evaluation of elite mulberry genotypes for growth and yield parameters in different seasons

Abstract

Studies on evaluation of elite mulberry genotypes for growth and yield parameters was carried out during the rainy and winter seasons of 2017-2018 in the Department of Sericulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-65. The experimental material for the present study comprised of fifteen elite mulberry genotypes and two check varieties M5 and S13. Among fifteen genotypes evaluated the leaf yield of different genotypes differed significantly among different seasons. Among the elite mulberry genotypes, no single genotype was superior in respect of all the traits in different seasons. However, The genotype ME-224 recorded highest leaf yield per plant (2689.3 g), plant height (247.50 cm) and number of branches per plant (62.75) whereas, maximum single leaf area (273.49 cm2) was recorded in MI-143, ME-06 recorded lowest internodal distance (3.50 cm) in both rainy and winter season.