Influence of bed planting and irrigation scheduling on growth and productivity of Mango Ginger crop in black soil of south Gujarat
Research Type
Departmental Research
Experiment Background
Bed planting systems has been used since time immemorial by farmers in many parts of the world and its application have traditionally been associated with water management issues, to reduce the adverse impact of excess water on crop production or to irrigate crops. The selection of suitable sowing method plays an important role in the placement of seed at proper depth, which in turn ensures the better emergence and the subsequent growth. Broad bed and furrow have been found suitable for managing the deep black soil in India at the same time declining the water table and shortage of available water, irrigation scheduling is the most prime factor which ensures timely and adequate amount of water to the crop in best possible way for optimizing agricultural production. Mango ginger is a well-known aromatic plant used as mango flavouring as the rhizomes of mango ginger have the smell of raw-mango. Mango flavour is mainly attributed to ä-3-carene and cis-ocimene. Curcuma amada is well known as mango ginger, it belongs to the genus Curcuma and family Zingiberaceae. It has been widely used in food industry and alternative medicines. The mango ginger is known by different names depending on the location of country in the world. In England, it is typically called mango ginger. In India, specifically in Hindi AmaHald and amahaldi, in Bangladesh it is called amada. Similarly, it is known as temumangga in France, amaadrak in Pakistan and mangoingwer in Germany. Mango ginger has a wide range of varieties and cultivars. The plant exhibits strong aromatic smell. The mango ginger exhibits size in range of 36-48 inches (90-120 cm) and spacing range 6-9 inches (15-22 cm). It was reported that mango ginger was originated from India and widely distributed in the tropics regions of Africa, Australia and Asia (S. Syamkumar, B. Sasikumar, 2007)
Experiment Group
Agricultural Engineering
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(12)NAVINCHANDRA MAFATLAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (NAVSARI)