Vol. 5 No. 1
Effect of mulching on ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose) in the hilly region of Darjeeling district.
Author(s): D. K. SENGUPTA , T. K. MAITY AND B. DASGUPTA
Abstract: A field trial was conducted at the Horticultural Research Station, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pedong, Darjeeling, West Bengal for two consecutive years to study the effect of mulching on growth and yield of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose). The beds of ginger cv. gorubathan was covered with four different mulching materials viz. wheat straw, ulu-grass and dry leaves @ 5.0 tones per hectare and black polyethylene sheet @ 2.0 quintal per hectare immediately after planting of seed rhizomes, along with a control plot. Among the different mulching materials, dry leaves showed maximum height (78.05 cm), number of pseudostem per clump (4.26), leaves per clump (62.65) and highest yield (52.17 t/ha) with an increase in yield by 12.92 t/ha over control followed by wheat straw and ulu-grass..
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