Vol. 8, Issue 2, Part E (2024)

Abstract: The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with 21 treatments replicated thrice. Taro genotypes with "Apex down" leaf position include G₁-G₄, G₆, G₈, G₉, G₁₁, G₁₃, G₁₄, G₁₅, and G₂₁. Those with "Cup shaped" are G₅, G₇, G₁₀, G₁₂, and G₁₆-G₂₀. For leaf blade color, G₆-G₉, G₁₆-G₁₉ and G₂₁ are "Dark green", G₁-G₄, G₁₀-G₁₅ and G₂₀ are "Green". Genotypes G₄, G₇, and G₁₇ have "Green" petioles, G₁-G₃, G₆, G₈-G₁₃, and G₁₅ are "Light green", G₁₆ and G₁₈-G₂₁ are "Brown", and G₅ and G₁₄ are "Yellow". Finally, G₁-G₄, G₆, G₇, and G₉-G₂₁ have "Dumb bell" corms, while G₅ and G₈ have "Conical" and "Round" corms respectively. Higher amount of reducing sugar (3.58%) and starch content (22.51%) was recorded in (G₉) DPLT-9.