Open AccessAgro ecological zoning and estimation of potential yield of potato in plateau regions of India
Author(s) -
K. Manorama,
P. M. Govindakrishnan,
Shashi Rawat,
G. Ravichandran,
S. S. Lal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of agrometeorology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2583-2980
pISSN - 0972-1665
DOI - 10.54386/jam.v16i2.1519
Subject(s) - kharif crop , sowing , plateau (mathematics) , yield (engineering) , zoning , growing season , agronomy , crop , crop yield , environmental science , mathematics , biology , mathematical analysis , materials science , political science , law , metallurgy
The potential yield estimator model developed by Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla was run for four different planting dates under rainfed situations in plateau regions of India since the potato crop is grown under rainfed conditions during kharif season so as to estimate the yield potential and to find out the optimum time of planting for each location. The analysis showed that the latitude of the region greatly influenced the length of growing period, start of planting season and also the yield. The simulated yield ranged from 400 q ha-1. The suitable locations for kharif potato cultivation along with potential yields are listed for plateau region of India.