Privi Life Sciences - Crop Journal

Medicinal Crops

Vach is also called as Vacha, Calamus and Sweet Flag

It is found in South East Asia and is native to the Himalayas and Western Ghats

Vach is distributed well in the tropics and subtropics

It grows readily in marshy areas

Vach is found widely in the wild on the margins of ponds and rivers in cooler parts of the world

Rhizomes are the economically important part of Vach

Benefits of Vach:

Vach is a perennial herb growing upto 4 feet tall

A tuft of leaves arise from its rhizomes

Leaves are flat with smooth margins and parallel veins with slightly red margins

Inflorescence is cylindrical spadix about 2-4 inches long.it is covered with tiny greenish yellow flowers in rhombus pattern

Bloom starts late in spring and continues till early summer

Roots are rhizomes which are sparingly branched

Tuft of leaves occur at regular intervals on rhizome

Propagation of Vach is through rhizomes

No major challenges have been reported

Crop Stage	Products	Dosage	Method Of Application	Benefits
Inorganic fertilizer	Geoxol.COM	15 kg / hectare / application with basal fertilizer, if soil organic carbon (more than / equal to 0.5%) and bulk denisty (less than or equal to 1.6 g / cm3)	Soil Application	Rejuvenates soil for sustainable growth of crops
Organic fertilizer	Mycoxol4G	500 g / hectare / application, if soil pH (less than / equal to 7.5) and available P (more than / equal to 15 kg / ha)	Soil Application	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients
Vegetative	PeakMAX	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Improves vegetative growth and reduces disease pressure
Vegetative	Privid	1200 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Promotes vegetative growth
Pre flowering	Silixol OSA	1200 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Promotes vegetative growth
Pre flowering	PeakMAX	"1000 ml / hectare / application "	Foliar Application	Reduces disease pressure
Flowering	Silixol OSA	1000 ml / hectare / application	Foliar Application	Improves accumulation of secondary metabolites
Vegetative Stage	Biofuze	3 ml / liter of water - Repeat sprays at a interval of 2-3 weeks as per pest attack	Foliar Application	Reduces population of sucking pests

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