Indian Institute of Spices Research


IISR-Mahima (Ginger)

Year of Release	2001
Pedigree	A selection from germplasm.
Areas of Adoption	Kerala
Maturity Group	200 days
Average Yield	23.2 t/ha

Quality Attribute
Essential oil	1.72%
Dry recovery	19%
Fibre content	3.26%

Morphological Characters
Colour of aerial shoot	Green
Plant height (cm)	65.3
Leaf length/breadth (cm)	23.9/2.9
No. of tillers per clump	12.8
No. of leaves per tiller	12.5
Shape of rhizome	plumpy with bold
Colour of scale	Brown

Special characteristics
Plumpy and bold rhizomes with fibre content. Resitant to root knot nematode.