Sl. No. Turmeric cultivars Plant Ht. (cm) Leaves/Tiller Tillers/Plant Leaf Length (cm) Leaf Width (cm) Yield of fresh rhizome (kg/3m2) Root-knot Index Reaction to Root-knot nematode Reaction to Taphrina leaf blotch V1 Dugirala 87.8 6.6 3.4 42.4 9.7 2.1 2.00 R R V2 Tu. No.4 102.4 6.2 3.2 50.4 11.2 8.6 4.00 S HS V3 Erode local 96.4 6.2 3 46.8 10.8 8.5 4.00 S R V4 PTS-53 82.8 6.8 3 41 12.5 6.9 3.50 S R V5 Sudarsan 76.8 7.2 2.2 36.8 13 2.9 4.50 HS R V6 PTS-31 87.2 6.4 3.2 25 10.7 1.8 2.00 R S V7 CLS-33 73.4 6 1.6 36.6 11.4 5 5.00 HS R V8 TC-4 71.4 6.8 2.4 37.4 11.4 5.4 3.50 S S V9 Phulbani Wild 72.8 5.6 3.4 38 8.9 3.8 4.00 S R V10 361 Gorakhpur 78.6 6 1.8 37.6 10.9 7.2 3.00 MR S V11 Ansitapani 87.6 5.6 3.4 46.2 11.8 5.4 2.00 R S V12 Tu. No.1 83 6 2.2 40.2 12.9 6.7 4.50 HS HS V13 PTS-34 82.2 5.8 3.2 43.4 12.9 4.6 4.50 HS HS V14 Bataguda 84 6 2.8 39.6 12 8.5 4.00 S S V15 PTS-17 92.4 6.4 2 44.4 11.4 6.5 5.00 HS R V16 PTS-8 96.6 6.2 3.2 51.6 13.4 4.1 4.50 HS HS V17 PTS-42 73.8 6.2 2.6 35.2 10.4 6.4 2.00 R HS V18 Ethamkalam 80.2 6.8 3 43.6 9.7 2.2 5.00 HS S V19 328 Sugandham 92 5.8 2.8 45.2 12.5 5.9 2.50 MR R V20 PTS-47 89.8 6.4 2.8 42.6 13.2 6.9 2.00 R R V21 PTS-21 121.8 6.6 2.2 60.6 13.8 12.3 2.50 MR HS V22 KasturiManjari 85.4 5.2 3 43.4 11.8 5 4.50 HS R V23 PCT-7 90.8 5.2 3.2 49.6 12.7 4.9 3.50 HS S   Sem (0.05) 0.49 0.29 0.10 0.46 0.30 0.15 0.33       CD (0.05) 1.45 0.85 0.30 1.35 0.89 0.43 0.96       CV 0.99 8.1 6.45 1.88 4.51 4.49 13.08       Mean 86.5 6.17 2.76 42.5 11.7 5.72 3.57

R: Resistance, MR: Moderate Resistance, S: Susceptible, HS: Highly Susceptible

Table 2: Morphological characteristics of 23 cultivars of C.longa and reaction of turmeric cultivars to M. incognita and T. maculans.