Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc., Zingiberaceae), a perennial herbaceous spice crop, is usually grown as an annual by small and marginal farmers in Kerala, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Sikkim and Mizoram in India.
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PETER, K KANDIANNAN, K M ABDULLA KOYA, K V

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Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops 8 (2) : 219-220 (1999) Miscellany Mixed cropping of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose.) and maize (Zea mays L.) . Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc., Zingiberaceae), a perennial herbaceous spice crop, is usually grown as an annual by small and marginal farmers in Kerala, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Sikkim and Mizoram in India. Ginger is cultivated as a sole crop or as an intercrop with vegetables, pulses, cereals, oil seeds and other crops. Ginger is also grown as a mixed crop with castor, redgram, fmger mill"t and maize. As ginger requh'es partial shade, it can also be grown under many tree crops. Most of the farmers in Sikkim believe that raising ginger with maize (Zea mays L.) gives more yield than sole crop (Patiram et. al. 1995). Maize provides shade during the early period of growth and after harvesting of maize, the ginger crop is exposed to the open atmosphere which favours the development of bolder rhizomes. An observational trail was laid out at Indian Institute of Spices. Research, Cali cut, on mixed cropping of ginger and maize under rainfed conditions and the results are presented here. During the second week of June 1998, 40 seed pieces of ginger variety Varada (20-30g/ piece) were planted at 25 cm x 30 cm spacing on 3 m x 1 m raised beds and maize (bulk) planted at four corners of the bed (two seeds were dibbled and after germination, Olle plant thinned . out). Ten kg of farmyard" manure per bed was applied at the time of planting. Cultural practices like mulching (with mixed green leaf 15 kglbed at planting and after 45 days of planting) and earthing up at 45 days of planting were done. Maize was harvested at 90-100 days after planting and ginger har-vested after 8 months of planting. Sixty maize cobs were harvested from 40 plants in 10 beds and sold @ Rs. 2/ cob and 12 kg straw was also obtained (Tablell. Singh et al. (1995) recorded highest maize-equivalent yield in pure Table 1. Effect of mixed cropping on growth and yield of ginger Cropping Sprouting Total tillers! Rhizome Maize yield from 10 beds system (%) bed yield (fresh) (kg/bed) Cob Straw (kg) Sole ginger 94.75 211.7 12.63 Ginger and 99.50 245.8 13.25 60 12 maize t-test (5%) NS NS NS NS = Not signifIcant 220 ginger, f,oll,owed by maize + ginger at 1:2 and 1: 1 rati,os under maize + ginger intercr,oPping system in humid hilly S,oils ,of Sikkim and als,o applicati,on ,of 180:120:80 kg N, P,O, and K,0/ha gave significantly higher maize and ginger yields. The trial indicated that maize can be grpwg witltginger f,or grain and f,odder ,or f,or m,ore returns with,out affecting cr,oP gr,owth and yield ,of ginger under Kerala c,onditi,ons als,o. References PatiramiUpadhyaya R C & Singh L N 1995 An appraisal ,of ginger Miscellany (Zingiber officinale R,ose.) pr,oduc-ti,on in Sikkim, India. J. Spices Ar,omatic Cr,oPs 4 : 111-118. Singh A, Awasthi R P, Singh R D & Arya R L 1995 Effect ,of in,organic fertilizers in maize (Zea mays) + ginger (Zingiber officinale) intercropping system in humid hilly S,oils. Indian J. Agr,on. 40 : 549-552. (K KANDIANNAN, K M ABDULLA KOYA & K V PETER, Indian Institute ,of Spices Research, Calicut - 673 012, India.) 

Mixed cropping of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose.) and maize (Zea mays L.)

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