Enset [Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman] is an important root crop serving as a carbohydrate rich food source in Ethiopia. Perennial crops, like enset, are often exposed to recurrent dry periods which could greatly affect their growth, physiology and yield. The effect of induced drought/irrigation on the proximate composition and carbohydrate content of harvestable plant parts (pseudostem an...

The field experiment was conducted to elicit information on the yield and nutrient uptake of elephant foot yam [Amorphophallus paeoniflorins (Dennest.) Nicolson] under fertigation at orchard, Department Vegetable Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore during year 2012-2013. laid out in randomized block design with three replications. growth attributes viz., plant height, canopy spread, leaf area, pseudo stem ...