Effect of the Status of Planting Materials on Growth and Yield of Mango Ginger (Curcuma Amada Roxb.)

Abstract

The influence of the status of planting materials such as mother rhizomes, primary fingers and secondary fingers on growth and yield of Curcuma amada Roxb. (Mango Ginger) was studied in detail. Out of sixteen characters observed, ten characters including yield per plant showed significant variation depending upon the status of planting materials used. Plants produced from mother rhizomes showed significantly higher plant height, leaf length, leaf breadth, leaf area, number of secondary fingers, length of primary and secondary fingers, diameter of mother rhizome and diameter of primary fingers. Yield per plant was 35 to 50 percent higher in the crop produced by mother rhizomes indicating the advantage of using mother rhizomes as planting material.