Project No. : JK-01/2012-13
Year. : 2012-13
Project Title: Conservation, Production and Sustainable Management of Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus Wild.).
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Principal Investigator & Organization : Dr. Lalit Gupta, Division of Agroforestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e- Kashmir, University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology- Main Campus, Chatha, Jammu and Kashmir - 180009
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Summary of Project / Major Outcome /Achievements : Asparagus racemosus is known for its phytoestrogenic properties. With an increasing realization that hormone replacement therapy with synthetic estrogens is neither as safe nor as effective as previously envisaged, the interest in plantderived estrogens has increased tremendously making Asparagus racemosus particularly important. For evaluation of different accessions for growth and yield parameters, an experiment with 20 genotypes/accessions was laid out in the experimental farm of Agroforestry under Randomized Block Design with two replications. Four accessions of Shatavar viz. IC471923, IC471922, IC471911 and IC471909 with dried tuber yield of 3.98 t/ha, 3.88t/ha, 3.85 t/ha and 3.50 t/ha, respectively were found superior over others in terms of higher dried tuber yield under subtropics of Jammu. For effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield parameters, The experiment was conducted under Randomized Block Design and found that 50% substitution of inorganic nitrogen i.e. 30 Kg/ha with organic sources (vermicompost @ 2t/ha or FYM @ 6 t/ha) resulted in tuber yield of 3.68 t/ha and 3.39 t/ha, respectively and is beneficial to increase tuber yield compared to their sole application.
