Use of mother rhizome as planting material resulted
in better emergence (86.6% and 83.1%), taller plants (49.6 and 50.0 cm) with more number of
leaves and leaf area index (4.4 and 3.8), more tillers plant
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(2.7 and 3.1), higher number
(17.09 and 23.89) and weight (136.96 and 227.66 g) of total rhizomes plant
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as compared to
use of primary and secondary fingers as planting material during 2003-04 and 2004-05,
respectively.