Ginger Iisr Varada Tissue Culture Plant

Ginger Variety

IISR - Varada 

Local Names

• Adi Adrack (Hindi)
• Adraka (Sanskrit)
• Inchi (Malayalam) 
• Inchi (Tamil)

Special Characters

A good quality , high yielding variety with plumpy rhizomes having falttened finguers and medium sized reddish brown scales. Dry ginger less prone to storage insect damage. Farmers are of opinion that Varada is tolerant to diseases low fibre content.

Quality Attribute

• Essential oil - 1.75%
• Dry recovery - 20.7%
• Fibre content - 3.29-4.5%

Morphological Characters

• Colour of aerial shoot - Green
• Plant height (cm) - 72.32
• Leaf length/breadth (cm) - 28.3/2.5
• No. of tillers per clump - 9.4
• No. of leaves per tiller - 20
• Colour of rhizome core - blusish yellow
• Shape of rhizome - plumpy with flattened fingers.
• Colour of scale - Reddish brown
• Planting Distance
• 1.5 feet x 1.5 feet

Plants Per Acre

15000 - 20000 plants per acre

Yield Period

6 - 7 months

Expected Yield

750 grams - 3000 grams per plant

Advantages of Tissue Culture Plants

• True to the type
• High market value
• High yield and quality
• Early Maturity
• Free from all diseases at the time of supply
• Throughout the year plantation possible
• Uniform growth