Organic Production of Pepper, Ginger and Turmeric

By Gowri Vijayan

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is an important spice crop of India. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is another important spice crop known for its aromatic and medicinal properties. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a spice crop known for its cosmetic properties. Both ginger and turmeric belong to the Zingiberaceae family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Agrihortico
• Release date: Mar 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393807520

Gowri Vijayan

Gowri Vijayan is a Horticulture graduate with a post graduate degree in Agribusiness management. She is currently pursuing her doctoral research on Sustainable Operations Management with a prominent International University. Crop production techniques, marketing of agricultural products and supply chain designing are some of her major areas of expertise. Writing is her passion and she publishes her work on agribusiness and horticulture through agrihortico.com, a leading portal in agribusiness and horticulture knowledge dissemination services.

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Organic Production of Pepper, Ginger and Turmeric

Gowri Vijayan

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CONTENT

Pepper (Piper nigrum)

Disease Management

Pest management

Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Pest management

Disease management

Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

Pepper (Piper nigrum)

Introduction

Black pepper is one of the most important spice crops of India. It is produced mainly in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu of Southern India. Organic cultivation focuses basically on isolation. Pepper, when grown as an intercrop should still follow the conventions. Therefore, a 25 m wide isolation belt is to be made around the conventional production area of the plantation. The produce from this isolated belt is not to be considered as ‘organic’. In the case of sloppy terrain, care