@article{MAKHILLAJ20149120626,
    title = {Potential Usefulness of Planting Ginger (<I>Zingiber officinale</I> Rosc.) in or Near Established Oil Palm Plantation in South Eastern Nigeria},
    journal = {Agricultural Journal},
    volume = {9},
    number = {1},
    pages = {45-50},
    year = {2014},
    issn = {1816-9155},
    doi = {aj.2014.45.50},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-9155&doi=aj.2014.45.50},
    author = {E.N.,T.N.C. and},
    keywords = {Ginger yield,oil palm plantation,mulching,Uratta village,South Eastern Nigeria},
    abstract = {The growth and yield performances of 4 ginger varieties under oil palm plantation environment and different mulch management practices in South Eastern Nigeria were evaluated in a field study conducted in 2007 and 2008 cropping seasons in a privately owned oil palm plantation at Uratta village in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State, South Eastern Nigeria. Treatment consisted of four ginger varieties [yellow ginger (UG1), black ginger (UG2), Wynad Local (WYL) and Himachel Pradesh (HPL)] in combination with 2 mulch management practices (mulched and unmulched). The treatments were laid out in a split plot arrangement fitted into a randomized complete block design with 3 replications. Results showed that although fresh rhizome yield was consistently lower under the oil palm plantation environment relative to the control, there was a delay and significant reduction in the occurence of yellow leaf spot disease in the plantation compared to the control. UG1 and wynad local varieties out-yielded Himachel Pradesh and UG2 in both plantation environment and in the control irrespective of mulch management practice.}
    }