Author(s):

Vimal Chaudhary and Mukul Kumar

Abstract: A field trial was conducted at the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raisen, Madhya Pradesh for two consecutive years during 2016-2017 &amp; 2017-2018 to determine the influence of different mulch materials on vegetative growth and yield of ginger (<em>Zingiber officinale </em>Rosc.) under drip irrigation system. The research trials for the consecutive two years showed that plastic mulch resulted significantly higher in plant height, No. of tillers clump^-1, Number of leaves clump^-1, No. of primary rhizomes, Length of primary rhizome (cm), Diameter of primary rhizome (cm), Number of secondary rhizome, Length of secondary rhizome (cm), Diameter of secondary rhizome (cm), Rhizome yield plant^-1 (g) and Rhizome yield (t) ha^-1,whereas days to maturity were lower in the treatment of control. The highest yield plant^-1 and ha^-1 was observed under the treatment of plastic mulch (434.13 gm plant^-1 &amp; 34.730 t ha^-1) with 124.20% increase in yield as compared to control without mulch (193.80 gm plant^-1 &amp; 15.49 t ha^-1). Followed by yield plant^-1 and yield ha^-1 were observed under the treatment of <em>Butea monosperma</em> and Paddystraw almost at par for both treatment (293.53 gm plant ^-1, 23.480 t ha^-1 &amp; 272.617 gm plant^-1, 21.807 t ha^-1, respectively).

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