Propagation of ginger (Zingiber officinale) plantlets as planting materials through sowing the matured rhizomes in various media
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Propagation of ginger (Zingiber officinale) plantlets as planting materials through sowing the matured rhizomes in various media
Abstract
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is perennial plant native in South East Asia with pungent rhizome taste that make it as important ingredients of Asian cuisine and other kinds of foods. It is also a good home remedies of common illnesses. The most common planting materials used by most farmers in the world are the matured rhizomes which consists 70% from the overall cost of production. Hence, this research aimed was to explore the propagation of plantlets as low-cost planting material in view of the appropriate sowing media and the economic return. The result revealed that the mixture of 50% soil + 50% rice hull (T5) produced the tallest plantlets (58.33 cm), highest number of plantlets per rhizome sett (11.08) and per kilogram setts (221.67) due to the availability of nutrients from the soil and sufficient amount of moisture retained by the rice hull. On the other hand, those sown in river sand (T1) have the highest computed number and weight of setts sown with 8,608.20 pc and 430.41 kg respectively. Further, it also has the highest computed weight of recovered setts (464.03 kg) due to more setts were sown to produce the required number of plantlets for one-hectare farm. Economic wise, T5 gave the highest net income from plantlets (PhP79,289.58), and highest combined net income (PhP102,261.38) from recovered mother rhizomes and plantlets produced due to higher number of plantlets produced, while T1 provided the highest net income (PhP31,876.80) from recovered mother rhizomes due to more rhizomes were sown and recovered.
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