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Quality Standards of Planting Materials of Mandate Crops at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat under TM (MM-I)

 

Crop

Produce

Quality Standards

Banana

Tissue cultured plantlets

§      Plantlets should be hardened for at least 2 months after transferring from laboratory

§      Plantlets should contain 5 – 6 numbers of leaves

§      Height should be 15 – 20 cm

Suckers

§      Sword sucker of weight 1.5 – 2.0 kg

§      3 - 4 months old sucker

Assam Lemon

Rooted cuttings

§      18 – 20 cm length with a thickness of lead pencil

§      Upper cut should be 1 cm above the node and lower cut just below the node in a slanting manner

§      1 year old rooted cutting suitable for planting

Khasi Mandarin

Nucellar seedlings

§      Vigorously growing seedlings of 4 – 6 leaf stage should be transplanted from primary to secondary nursery

§      Seedlings of 3 years old are ready for transplanting from the secondary nursery to main field

Coconut

Seedlings

§      1 year old healthy seedlings having 5 – 6 leaves

§      Seedling base should be around 10 cm in diameter

Cashew nut

Grafts

§      5 – 6 months old grafts (soft wood grafted) plants

Potato

Tuber lets

§      True to type tuber lets

§      Free from diseases

§      Tuber weight 10 – 20 g, with 2 – 3 eyes/tuber

§      Skin should be firm

Tomato

Seeds

§      Seed lot with: off type (max.) 0.10%, Pure seed (min.) 98.0%, Other crop seed (max) 0.05%, Inert matter (min) 2.0%, Germination (min) 70%, Moisture (max) 8.0% & no weed seed

Cucumber

Seeds

§      Seed lot with: off type (max.) 0.10%, Pure seed (min.) 99.0%, Other crop seed (max) 0.05%, Inert matter (min) 1.0%, Germination (min) 60%, Moisture (max) 7.0% & no weed seed

Ginger

Rhizomes

§      Seed rhizomes of 2.5 – 5.0 cm length

§      Weighing 20 – 25 g each

§      At least 1 or 2 good buds (eyes) or growing points

Black pepper

Cuttings

§      Cuttings having 2-3 nodes

§      Rooted cuttings with minimum 20 cm height having at least 5 leaves and an active growing bud

Marigold

Seeds

§      Seed Germination 70%

§      Purity 95%

Cuttings

§      5 - 8 cm in height, with 4 no. of leaves

§      15 – 20 days old rooted cutting

Tuberose

Bulb

§      2.5 – 3.0 cm in diameter

Chrysanthemum

Cuttings

§      5 - 7 cm in height, with 4 no. of leaves

§      15 – 20 days old rooted cutting

Gerbera

Suckers

§      5.0 – 8.5 cm in height

§      3 no. of leaves with a growing point

§      6 – 12 months old rooted sucker

Carnation

Cuttings

§      7 - 8 cm in height with 4 no. of leaves

§      20 – 25 days old rooted cutting

Gladiolus

Corms

§      3 – 5 cm in diameter

Anthurium

Suckers

§      5 - 10 cm in height

§      2 - 3 no. of leaves

   


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