The Effects of Gridding Cultivation Pattern on Bacterial Wilt Control and Yield of Ginger
- Received Date: 15/01/2021
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Key words:
- gridding cultivation pattern /
- ginger blast /
- ginger /
- yield
Abstract: Ginger blast is a soil-borne bacterial disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum and known as the ‘cancer’ of ginger. In a study reported in this paper, a "gridding cultivation pattern" was designed and its effect on the incidence rate of bacterial wilt and yield of ginger was investigated. The results of a 3-year verification experiment indicated that compared with the traditional cultivation pattern, gridding cultivation pattern significantly reduced the incidence rate of soil-borne bacterial wilt by 48.33%, the control efficiency being as high as 6.08%, and increasedginger yield by 13.21%.In conclusion,this gridding cultivation pattern with the characteristics of "sowing in short rows, ditching vertically and horizontally, and isolation of pathogens" provides a new and green control strategy, not only for ginger blast, but also for other soil-borne diseases.