Farming & Management

Performance of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) varieties under organic and inorganic production practices 


DOI: 10.31830/2456-8724.2025.FM-154    | Article Id: FM-154 | Page : 31-35
Citation :- Performance of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) varieties under organic and inorganic production practices. Farm. Manage. 10: 31-35
SIVAKUMAR V siva200619@gmail.com
Address : Horticultural Research Station, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Kovvur-534350, Andhra Pradesh, India
Submitted Date : 25-02-2025
Accepted Date : 12-04-2025
Online Published:

Abstract

The agro-ecological conditions of the Eastern Ghats region of Andhra Pradesh with moderate temperatures, high rainfall and rich in soil organic carbon provide immense opportunity for the organic cultivation of ginger. Ginger is one of the essential crops being cultivated by tribal farmers of the Eastern Ghats region for their livelihood. Since farmers do not follow any package of practices, farmers get less yield when compared to the state average yield. By observing this, ICAR-AICRP on Spices Centre, Horticultural Research Station, Chintapalli conducted an experiment to validated organic package in ginger developed by ICAR- Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode along with the inorganic package in three varieties of ginger namely Nadia, Rejitha and Chintapalli Local in factorial RBD for three years from 2018-19 to 2020-21. The results disclosed that irrespective of the variety, the inorganic package recommended by Dr. YSR Horticultural University recorded the highest plant height, fresh rhizome yield per hectare, dry recovery and dry rhizome yield per hectare when compared to the organic package. However, the organic package can be recommended to the organic growers of tribal farmers to improve productivity in the Eastern Ghats region of Andhra Pradesh. Among the varieties, Nadia recorded the highest fresh rhizome yield (16.10 t/ha) and dry yield (16.10 %) when compared to other varieties.

Keywords

Ginger inorganic organic package HAT zone 

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