Performance of colocasia (Colocasia esculenta L.) genotypes for growth, yield and quality attributes under hill zone of Karnataka

Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) is an herbaceous perennial tuber bearing plant belongs to the monocotyledonous family Araceae. It is grown throughout the tropics and sub-tropics and is also known as "Potato of the Tropics". 
Performance of genotypes varies with region, season and growing conditions. Colocasia is not being commercially grown in hill zone of Karnataka due to lack of suitable varieties and standard production technologies. Under given agro-climatic conditions, it is important to study the performance of varieties and to identify the best genotypes of colocasia with desirable characteristics.