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 -1 (2.7 and 3.1), higher number (17.09 and 23.89) and weight (136.96 and 227.66 g) of total rhizomes plant -1 as compared to use of primary and secondary fingers as planting material during 2003-04 and 2004-05, respectively.