International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 3
First page : (832) Last page : (836)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5033

Evaluation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) Genotypes for Quality Attributes

Sharatbabu A. Goudar*, M. D. Sameer Hussain, Shashidhar M. Dodamani., Mahantesh P. S. and Ravi Pujari
Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Kittur Rani Channamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi, Karnataka
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sharatag3732@gmail.com
Received: 19.06.2017  |  Revised: 28.06.2017   |  Accepted: 29.06.2017  

 ABSTRACT

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) is important spice crop grown and exported from India. It is valued for its aroma, pungency and medicinal value. Essential oil, oleoresin and fibre content contribute to its quality. The wide number of local varieties available in the country provides opportunity to find the best performing one. The field experiment was taken up to evaluate the ginger genotypes for its quality at the Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Kittur Rani Channamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi, Karnataka during 2015-2016. There was significant variation for quality among genotypes. The essential oil content ranged between 1.32 % to 2.25 %, Oleoresin content varied from 3.69 % to 7.35 % and fibre content found to be varying between 3.34 % to 5.72 %.

Key words: Ginger genotypes, Essential oil, Oleoresin, Fibre content.

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Cite this article: Goudar, S.A., Hussain, M.D.S., Shashidhar M.D., Mahantesh, P.S. and Pujari, R., Evaluation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) Genotypes for Quality Attributes, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(3): 832-836 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5033