OBJECTIVETo provide a scientific basis for standardizing the cultivation method for Curcuma longa.

METHODPlant heights and seeding numbers were sampled periodically, the plot yields were counted a tharvested.

RESULTThe effects of seeding method on yields, plant height and number were significant. The effects of different sowing ways on the yields were very little.

CONCLUSIONThe hole seeding method using mother tuber or blastostyle bearing three to four knots was shown to be the best may, worthy to be widely applied in production.