Turmeric CO 1
- Year of release – 1983
- Mutant from Erode local
- Crop duration – 270 days
- Fresh rhizome yield - 35 t / ha>
- Dry recovery – 20 %
- Curcumin content - 3.20 %
- Rhizomes are bigger in size with bright orange flesh colour
Turmeric CO 2
- Year of release – 2013
- Clonal selection from the germplasm collected from Bhavanisagar local
- Crop duration - 270 days
- Fresh rhizome yield - (43 t / ha)
- Curcumin content - 4.3 %
- Rhizomes are attractive yellow colour
- Moderately resistant to leaf blotch and leaf spot
- Highly resistant to rhizome rot
- Field tolerant to thrips, shoot borer, leaf folder and scale insect.
Turmeric BSR 1
- Released during 1986.
- Selection from X-ray induced mutant population.
- Yield: 30.5 t of fresh rhizomes and 6.0 t of dried rhizomes/ha.
- Duration: 285 days.
- Attractive yellow rhizomes.
- Curcumin content: 3.8%.
Turmeric BSR 2
- Released during 1994.
- Induced mutant from Erode
- Duration: 240 – 250 days.
- Medium statured.
- Resistant to scale insects.
- Attractive yellow rhizomes.
- Curcumin content: 4.1%.
Turmeric BSR 3
It is a clonal selection from Baguthampalayam. The duration is 240-250 days and planting season is May – June. The average rhizome yield is 51 t/ha. It has the curcumin content of 4.8%. It is suitable for cultivation in the districts of Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Dharmapurai and Krishnagiri. It has moderate resistant to leaf spot and leaf blotch diseases.
- Roma
- Swarna
- Sudarshana
- Suguna
- Sugandham
- Narendra Haldi 3
- Ranga
- Rashmi
- Duggirala Red
- NDH-98
- Kanthi
- Sobha
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- Rajendra Sonia
- IISR Pragati
- Lam Turmeric
- Krishna
- Suroma
- Allepy finger turmeric (AFT)
- IISR Prabha
- IISR Prathiba
- IISR Alleppey Supreme and
- IISR Kedaram.
Local types of Tamil Nadu
In Tamil Nadu, two cultivars viz., Erode local and Salem local have been cultivated so far in addition to local cultivar viz., Bhavani.
Erode local
It is one of the popular cultivars of Tamil Nadu with good market acceptability.
Plants are vigorous and tall with good yield potential (30-32 t/ha).
Fingers are short, slightly bent with a deep orange inner core, with a moderate curing percentage.
curcumin content is 3.9 per cent.
Salem local
It is another popular cultivar of Tamil Nadu.
The plants are vigorous and tall.
Rhizomes are bigger and the fingers are longer than in Erode local (4 cm).
Its yield potential is comparable with Erode local but rich in curcumin content (4.75 per cent) and moderate in curing percentage.
Local types
Alleppey Finger (Kerala) .
Erode and Salem turmeric (Tamil Nadu)
Rajapore and Sangli turmeric (Maharashtra)
Nizamabad Bulb (Andhra Pradesh)
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