CROP CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES WITH EMPHASIS ON NURSERY PROPAGATION OF LARGE CARDAMOM (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) IN INDIA

A.K. VIJAYAN¹*, S.K. BHAT², B.A. GUDADE³, S.S. BORA⁴, K. MARY MATHEW⁵, A.B. REMASHREE^6
1Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India), Myladumpara, Idukki, 685 553, Kerala, India
²Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India), Myladumpara, Idukki, 685 553, Kerala, India
³Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India), Myladumpara, Idukki, 685 553, Kerala, India
⁴Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India), Myladumpara, Idukki, 685 553, Kerala, India
⁵Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India), Myladumpara, Idukki, 685 553, Kerala, India
⁶Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India), Myladumpara, Idukki, 685 553, Kerala, India
* Corresponding Author : drvijayannambiar@gmail.com

Received : 09-10-2018     Accepted : 26-10-2018     Published : 30-10-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 20       Pages : 7364 - 7368
Int J Agr Sci 10.20 (2018):7364-7368

Keywords : Cultivars, Large cardamom, Propagation, Suckers, Varieties
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors thankful to Spices Board India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India), Cochin, 682025, Kerala, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.), a member of the family, Zingiberaceae is the main cash crop cultivated in the sub-Himalayan state of Sikkim and Darjeeling District of West Bengal. It is a shade loving plant (sciophyte), has its natural habitat in the humid subtropical semi-evergreen forests of mountainous sub-Himalayan region. It grows well in the altitudes of 600-2000 m MSL receiving annual rainfall of 2000-3500 mm apportioned over 200 days. Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Regional Station, Spices Board Tadong released two high yielding varieties in the year 2004 for cultivation in Sikkim and Darjeeling. These two varieties viz. ICRI Sikkim 1 and ICRI Sikkim 2 are selection from the cultivar Sawney. Propagation of large cardamom is mainly done through seeds and suckers in field level. However, tissue culture techniques are also used for propagation now a day. The suckers collected from high yielding disease-free, elite plantations having one mature tiller with one or two immature tillers or vegetative buds is used as planting units. In this paper we report the crop cultivars and varieties with emphasis on nursery propagation of large cardamom.

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