Potato and Tuber Crops

Propagation

1. Amorphophallus is propagated through corm.
2. Corms harvested during November are stored in well ventilated rooms.
3. Before planting during February, the corm is cut into setts of 750-100 g. each bearing a portion of central bud.
4. Cut corms are smeared with cow dung slurry or wood ash and allowed to dry in partial shade.
5. Rapid seed corm production technique suggests use of cormels and mini sett transplants of 100 g size for planting at a closer spacing of 45 x 30 cm.