MANURIAL STUDIES ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF GINGER (Zingiber officinale Rosc)
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2021-09
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UHF,NAUNI
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The present investigation entitled Manurial studies on yield and quality of ginger
(Zingiber officinale Rosc) was carried out in RCBD with three replications in plot size of
3×1 m and spacing 30×20 cm at Vegetable Research Farm and Quality Analysis Laboratory
of the Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YSPUHF, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Kharif
2020. The treatments comprised of five manurial practices (M) viz., M1: Manure (300 q/ha
FYM), M2: Seed treatment with Beejamrit + spray of Jeevamrit, M3: Manure (300 q/ha FYM)
+ Beejamrit + Jeevamrit, M4: Manure (600 q/ha FYM) + Beejamrit + Jeevamrit and M5: RDF
(300 q/ha FYM + 100 kg N + 50 kg P2O5 + 50 kg K2O per ha); and three stages of harvesting
(S) viz., S1: 6 MAP, S2: 7 MAP and S3: 8 MAP. The observations were recorded on crop
parameters like plant height (cm), tiller girth (cm), number of tiller per plant, number of
leaves per tiller, leaf length and width (cm), leaf area index, yield per plant (g) and projected
yield per hectare (q); rhizome length and breadth (cm), incidence of rhizome rot (%), specific
gravity (g/cc), dry rhizome recovery (%), essential oil (%), oleoresin content (%), crude fibre
(%), soil parameters like soil pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, available N, P and K
(kg/ha) and B:C ratio. From the present investigation, it was concluded that the highest fresh
rhizome yield (186.95 q/ha) along with improved quality of ginger cv. Solan Giriganga was
obtained with the use of Manure (600 q/ha FYM) + Beejamrit + Jeevamrit at 8 Months
maturity, resulting in the net return of ₹ 6,59,037 per ha and B:C ratio 1.42 in the mid hill
conditions of HP.