TY  - JOUR
T1  - Potential Usefulness of Planting Ginger (<I>Zingiber officinale</I> Rosc.) in or Near Established Oil Palm Plantation in South Eastern Nigeria
AU - Nwaogu, E.N. AU - Echendu, T.N.C. AU - Nwauzor, E.C. 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SP  - 45
EP  - 50
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2014.45.50
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2014.45.50
KW  - Ginger yield
KW  -oil palm plantation
KW  -mulching
KW  -Uratta village
KW  -South Eastern Nigeria
AB  - 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.
ER  -