Matériel de plantation et taux optimum de semences du curcuma
| MSI99P2187 | |
| Govinden, N. Wong Yen Cheong, K. | |
| Matériel de plantation et taux optimum de semences du curcuma | |
| Periodical article | |
| 1995 | |
| Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice | |
| 74 (3): 1-8 | |
| Published 1996 | |
| En | |
| En Fr | |
| Turmeric is, together with ginger, one of the only 2 spices currently grown in Mauritius and whose production is being developed. However, little research has been done on cultural practices. Two trials were laid down at Constance Sugar Estate, one in 1984 and another in 1986 to compare the merits of mother tubers and rhizomes as planting materials and to determine the optimum seed rate. In 1984, seed rates were varied from about 0.5 to 6.5 t/ha and in 1986 from 2 to 8 t/ha. The trials received supplementary irrigation. Germination and emergence were reduced when mother tubers were cut into two. A maximum was observed in the number of aerial stems that emerged from each seed piece irrespective of its size. This is relevant because a good linear relationship was found between yield and number of stems in 1984. Whether seeds are saved for replanting or purchased at a higher price, the optimum seed rate was about 3 t/ha. In terms of yield or returns, there was no evidence that one type of planting material was superior to the other, but rhizomes would be preferable to mother tubers because they yield a higher proportion of rhizomes which are easier to clean. | |
| TURMERIC CURCUMA DOMESTICA RHIZOMES TUBERS | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Turmeric | |
| 1996-05-15 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| 1 | |
| FC |