Malligai / Gundumalli
Botanical Name – Jasminum sambac Ait.
Family- Oleaceae
Ramanathapuram Local, Single Mogra, Double Mogra, Iruvatchi, Arka Aradhana
Soil-
Well drained loamy or red loamy fertile soil.
Climate-
Warm summer, mild winter, moderate rainfall and sunny days.
Propagation
Semi hard wood cuttings (15 – 20 cm long)
Field preparation and planting
Soil is well pulverized upto a good depth. Rooted cuttings are planted at a spacing of
1.25 x 1.25 m (6400 plants/ha) during June to November in pits of 30 x 30 x 30 cm size
Nutrition
FYM @ 10 kg/pit is applied before planting. NPK @ 60:120:120 g/plant/year is
applied in 2 equal splits during November (after pruning) and June-July along with 10 kg
FYM per plant
Micronutrients
Foliar spray of 0.25% ZnSO4 + 0.5% MgSO4 + 0.5% FeSO4 (In case of expression of
micronutrient deficiency, spraying should be done at fortnightly intervals until the chlorotic
symptoms disappear)
Irrigation
Provided immediately after planting followed by weekly irrigation depending upon weather conditions
Pruning
Prune the bushes at 50 cm height from ground level during last week of November
every year. Early pruning during Aug-Sep induces flower production during off-season
(Nov-Feb)
Plant Protection
1)Bud worm
Spray any one of the following insecticides:
Thiacloprid 240 SC @ 1 ml /lit
Spinosad 45SC 0.5ml/lit
2)Blossom midge
Spray any one of the following insecticides
Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC @ 0.5ml/lit
Novaluron 10 EC 3ml / lit.
3)Red spider mite
Spray any one of the following
Fenazaquin 10 % EC @ 2 ml/lit.
Propargite 57 % EC @ 2ml/lit.
Wettable sulphur 50 WP @ 2 g/lit.
Nematode
Test the soil for nematode infection. Apply carbofuran 3G @ 33kg/ha near root zone and irrigate the field.
1)Yellowing of leaves: It is caused by 3 major factors viz., iron deficiency, nematode infection and root rot disease.
2)Root rot: Soil drenching with trifloxystrobin + tebuconazole @ 0.75 g/litre or difenoconazole @ 0.5ml /l.
3)Alternaria leaf spot: Foliar application of mancozeb @ 2.5 g/l or azoxystrobin @ 1g/l
Soil application of Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 25 g/m2 and foliar application of P.fluorescens @ 5 g/l at monthly intervals after planting.
Harvesting
Flowering season is March – October. Fully developed unopened flower buds should
be picked in the morning. For concrete extraction, fully opened flowers are harvested
Yield
Flowers: 8 – 9 t/ha
Concrete recovery: 0.14 – 0.19%
Precision production technology
Main field preparation
Ploughing with chisel, disc, rotovator and cultivator and levelling with tractor drawn leveller.
Pits of 45x45x45 cm size are dug
1.2 x 1.0 m (8333 plants/ha)
Weed Management
Pre emergence application of Pendimethalin @ 2ml/l
Biofertlizers
Soil application of 2 kg each of Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria per ha at the time
of planting. It is to be mixed with 100kg of FYM and applied in pits
Media Consortia
5kg FYM + 500g neem cake + 100g vermicompost are applied per pit at the time of planting
Once in 3 days through drip system
Fertigation
100% RDF (60:120:120g NPK/plant/year) as WSF [Polyfeed (19:19:19),
potassium nitrate (13:0:45) and Urea]
Biostimulants
Foliar spray of panchagavya 3% + humic acid 0.4% at monthly intervals
Micronutrients
Foliar spray of FeSO4 @ 0.5% + ZnSO4 @ 0.5% at monthly intervals
Yield
12 t/ha
