TNAU Ginger

HI I would like to know the varieties of Ginger which are cultivated & produced as well as the details like plant protection. Seed treatment etc?

[Shaleen]

Ginger is developed in numerous states in India. Dry ginger has great request abroad particularly in the Middle East markets. India is the biggest exporter of dry ginger.

Ginger is a tropical product adjusted for development even in locales of subtropical atmosphere, for example, the high ranges.

Season:

Might - June is exceedingly suitable for development.

Soil and atmosphere:

A friable very much depleted loamy soil rich in humus with warm and sticky conditions with 150 cm of yearly precipitation are ideal. This harvest is developed as a watered product in muggy zones from ocean level to a height of 1500 meters.

Seed rate:

1500 - 1800 kg of rhizome/ha is required.

Seed treatment:

Treat the seed rhizomes with Mancozeb or Copper oxychloride 3 g/lit or 200 ppm Streptocycline for 30 minute

Separating

Flooded harvest – 40 x 20 cm in edges and wrinkles.

Rainfed crop – Raised beds of 20 x 20 cm or 25x 25 cm

Plant security:

Bothers

Shoot borer

Shoot borer can be controlled by showering Dimethoate 30 EC 2 ml/lit or Phosphamidon 86 WSC 1 ml/lit.

Leaf roller

Leaf roller can be controlled by showering Carbaryl 50 WP 2 g/ha or Quinalphos 25 EC 2 ml/lit.

Ailments

Delicate decay (Pythium sp.)

Give satisfactory seepage offices

Select solid and malady free seed rhizomes

Treat the seed rhizomes with Mancozeb or Copper oxychloride 3 g/lit or 200 ppmStreptocycline for 30 minutes.

In the field, soak the beds with 2.5 g/lit of Copper oxychloride or 1% Bordeaux blend or Metalaxyl - mancozeb 4 g/lit.

Rhizome decay

Rhizome treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 20g/kg rhizome + soil application, @ 10kg/ha promptly subsequent to planting and 45 days in the wake of planting took after by pre storm soaking with Metalaxyl 0.1%.

Leaf spot

Leaf spot can be controlled by splashing 1 % Bordeaux blend or Copper oxychloride 0.25%