Economic Importance and Management of Ginger Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia Solanacearum

Abstract

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) is an important source of spices and essential oil, which belonging to Zingiberaceae family and propagated by rhizomes. Zingiberaceae family is a tropical group consisting of more than 1200 plant species in 53 genera. The genus Zingiber includes about 85 species of aromatic herbs. Edible ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the earliest known oriental spices and is being cultivated widely both as a fresh vegetable and dried spice. Ginger has been used throughout history as to relieve inflamed joints (Momina et al., 2011). It has originated from India, where it was introduced to Africa and Caribbean countries. However, no definite information on the primary center of domestication of ginger is available (Prabhakaran, 2013). Apart from India, ginger is also grown in China, Hawaii(USA), Indonesia, Nigeria, Thailand, Africa (Nigeria, Seraleone) etc.(Peter,2007; Ezra et al .,2017).