Effects of seeding and sowing methods on the yields of root tubers of Curcuma longa / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide a scientific basis for standardizing the cultivation method for Curcuma longa.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Plant heights and seeding numbers were sampled periodically, the plot yields were counted a tharvested.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The effects of seeding method on yields, plant height and number were significant. The effects of different sowing ways on the yields were very little.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The hole seeding method using mother tuber or blastostyle bearing three to four knots was shown to be the best may, worthy to be widely applied in production.</p>