2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 9

author(s)
P Srinivas and B Mahender

abstract
The trial wa conducted at the turmeric research station, kammarpally for the continuous of two years (2019-2021) to assess the potential of organic methodology developed by Indian Institute of Spices Research. In recent years, organic agriculture has been gaining considerable importance. Many farmers today show interest all over the world in organic farming. Several of them have begun switching to this traditional method of cultivation as a means to produce safe foodstuffs and preserve the environment. A field experiment has been conducted to study the organic cultivation of ginger. In this trial a comparative study of organic cultivation over inorganic cultivation was undertaken with 3 varieties V₁- Nadia, V₂-Maran and V₃- Local type to study the effect of different organic manures package in ginger. Organic manures viz, PGPR Stain of GRB-35, FYM, neem cake, vermicompost, sulphate of potash, IISR- ginger booster used as organic source of nutrients formulated by Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhicode, Kerala for this trial. Maximum mean yield (20.72 t/ha) was observed from organic production with variety Maran and the maximum mean plant height (56.71cm), number of shoots (11.69), maximum mean height of shoot (23.84 cm), maximum mean leaf length (18.13 cm), leaf width (2.075 cm), leaf petiole length (3.04) recorded from the organic production module over traditional inorganic method of cultivation.