Description

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORINGA SEEDS PKM 1 AND PKM 2

PKM 1 Plants grow to a height of **6 m and come to flower in *****0 days after planting. The first harvest starts ******0 days after planting and on an average each tree bears ******5 fruits / year. Pods are ****0 cm long with 6.3 cm girth and **0 g weight. Fruits are green coloured and highly pulpy.

PKM*2 is an improvement over PKM*1. PKM*2 has more lateral branching (desireable for more leaf producting within hands reach) and a seedpod with more flesh than seeds.

PKM*2 Moringa, the new variety has recorded an average production of *8 tonnes per hectare. It produces long pods of about ******0 cm with a girth of 8.*0 cm. On an average each of these pods weigh about **0 g. The pods are fleshy with good cooking quality. On cooking, the flesh turns soft and delicious with less fibre, according to the scientists, who developed this variety.

The new annual moringa has yielded 9.*8 per cent more fruits per tree than the ruling variety PKM*1. In terms of weight of pods it has recorded a production of *1.*8 per cent more than PKM*1. The variety flowers in about **0 days, and the first harvest of fruits can be had between **0 and **0 days after sowing. The trees will continue to yield fruits for the next four months. The total duration of the crop from seed to seed is ranges from **0 to **0 days.

Each tree will yield an average **0 fruits weighing about *1.*5 kg in a year. Occasionally, the branches break off due to the heavy weight of the pods. Farmers who have seen its performance over the existing varieties prefer this variety. The attractive pod size and high yield potential are the most desirable traits of this improved annual moringa.