Comparative Growth of Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) and Giant Swamp Taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii) in Hawai‘i
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site and Varieties
- Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) G. Don
- Cyrtosperma merkusii (Hassk.) Schott
2.2. Experimental Design, Growth Trials, and Agronomic Practices
2.3. Weather
2.4. Growth
2.5. The Total Yields of the Varieties
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Average Plant Height
3.2. Average Leaf Area
3.3. Statistical Analysis of Yields
3.4. The Total Yields of the Varieties
3.5. Correlation Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Month | Temperature/Month (°C) | Precipitation/Month (mm) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Max | Min | Average | ||
November 2018 | 25.83 | 18.11 | 21.97 | 349.20 |
December 2018 | 24.42 | 17.47 | 20.94 | 306.80 |
January 2019 | 24.72 | 15.85 | 20.29 | 48.30 |
February 2019 | 24.14 | 15.38 | 19.76 | 321.20 |
March 2019 | 23.37 | 15.69 | 19.53 | 150.00 |
April 2019 | 24.98 | 17.57 | 21.28 | 413.00 |
May 2019 | 26.73 | 18.20 | 22.47 | 103.50 |
June 2019 | 26.92 | 19.02 | 22.97 | 146.00 |
July 2019 | 27.45 | 19.44 | 23.45 | 333.90 |
August 2019 | 28.08 | 20.26 | 24.17 | 279.50 |
September 2019 | 27.89 | 20.06 | 23.97 | 242.80 |
October 2019 | 27.22 | 19.20 | 23.21 | 307.10 |
November 2019 | 27.06 | 18.49 | 22.78 | 284.40 |
December 2019 | 25.00 | 18.12 | 21.56 | 303.40 |
January 2020 | 24.38 | 17.31 | 20.85 | 687.70 |
February 2020 | 24.40 | 15.85 | 20.13 | 192.00 |
March 2020 | 23.44 | 17.06 | 20.25 | 704.10 |
April 2020 | 25.56 | 17.35 | 21.46 | 253.10 |
May 2020 | 25.69 | 17.87 | 21.78 | 147.90 |
June 2020 | 26.24 | 18.50 | 22.37 | 106.70 |
July 2020 | 26.79 | 19.41 | 23.10 | 163.00 |
Variety | Average Weight (kg/ha) | Total Weight (kg/ha) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stem | Petiole | Leaf Blade | |||
Trial 1 | |||||
Laufola | 14,033.9 a | 24,908.5 a | 6061.2 a | 45,003.6 | |
Faitama | 10,507.4 b | 10,796.5 b | 3635.4 ab | 24,939.3 | |
Pula’a | 3370.0 c | 3462.1 c | 3180.4 b | 10,012.5 | |
Control | 702.8 c | 1240.5 c | 327.4 c | 2270.8 | |
Trial 2 | |||||
Laufola | 54,895.9 a | 99,646.9 a | 25,563.3 a | 180,106.2 | |
Faitama | 33,022.8 b | 51,527.7 b | 11,098.6 b | 95,649.1 | |
Control | 3638.4 c | 3316.5 c | 774.3 c | 7729.2 | |
Pula’a | 1555.7 c | 2683.8 c | 1096.8 c | 5336.4 |
Characters | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F1 | 0.85 *** | 0.93 *** | 0.67 *** | −0.35 ** | 0.93 *** | 0.88 *** | 0.33 ** | |
F2 | 0.96 *** | 0.68 *** | −0.37 ** | 0.96 *** | 0.88 *** | 0.28 * | ||
F3 | 0.70 ** | −0.42 *** | 0.98 *** | 0.88 *** | 0.21 | |||
F4 | −0.40 ** | 0.72 *** | 0.71 *** | 0.38 ** | ||||
F5 | −0.41 *** | −0.34 ** | 0.28 * | |||||
F6 | 0.92 *** | 0.27 * | ||||||
F7 | 0.49 *** | |||||||
F8 |
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Kularatna, T.D.; Arancon, N.Q.; Eiben, J.A. Comparative Growth of Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) and Giant Swamp Taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii) in Hawai‘i. Crops 2024, 4, 55-71. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops4010005
Kularatna TD, Arancon NQ, Eiben JA. Comparative Growth of Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) and Giant Swamp Taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii) in Hawai‘i. Crops. 2024; 4(1):55-71. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops4010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleKularatna, Thathmini D., Norman Q. Arancon, and Jesse A. Eiben. 2024. "Comparative Growth of Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) and Giant Swamp Taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii) in Hawai‘i" Crops 4, no. 1: 55-71. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops4010005
APA StyleKularatna, T. D., Arancon, N. Q., & Eiben, J. A. (2024). Comparative Growth of Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) and Giant Swamp Taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii) in Hawai‘i. Crops, 4(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops4010005