GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUKHIKACHU (Colocasia esculenta L.) cv. Bilashi TO DIFFERENT CORM SIZE

An experiment was conducted at the Horticultural farm of Sher-e-Bangla agricultural University, Bangladesh to find out the optimum cormel size for higher yield of mukhikachu during the period from February 2012 to March 2013. The experiment consisted three different corm size, viz. C₁: Small size (5.0-7.5 g); C₂: Medium size (7.5-10.0 g) and C₃: Large size (10.0-12.5 g). Tallest plant (53.7 cm at harvest), maximum number of leaves (4.5 at harvest), foliage coverage (47.3% at harvest), sucker/hill (8.0), weight of individual corm (80.9 g), number of cormels/plant (21.8), yield of corm (2.1 kg/plot), yield of corm (5.9 t/ha), yield of cormels (8.6 kg/plot), yield of cormels (23.9 t/ha) but minimum weight loss (16.7%), rotten cormel (13.5%) was found from C₃ while minimum from C₁