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Gabi or taro is an important crop in the Philippines that grows best with suitable soil and rainfall conditions. It can grow in a variety of soil types as an upland or lowland crop, with a pH of 5.6-6.5 being optimal. Gabi prefers warm, moist environments with evenly distributed rainfall. Land preparation involves plowing and harrowing upland fields or removing weeds and puddling soil in lowland fields. Setts of 100-120g consisting of corm and petioles are planted at 75cm between rows and 50cm between plants. Weed control involves hand weeding or plowing inter-rows, while pests are managed with insecticides and fungicides.

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Gabi Info

Gabi or taro is an important crop in the Philippines that grows best with suitable soil and rainfall conditions. It can grow in a variety of soil types as an upland or lowland crop, with a pH of 5.6-6.5 being optimal. Gabi prefers warm, moist environments with evenly distributed rainfall. Land preparation involves plowing and harrowing upland fields or removing weeds and puddling soil in lowland fields. Setts of 100-120g consisting of corm and petioles are planted at 75cm between rows and 50cm between plants. Weed control involves hand weeding or plowing inter-rows, while pests are managed with insecticides and fungicides.

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GROUP 2

INTRODUCTION
Gabi or taro is one of the most important
root crops in the Philippines. Although gabi
has the ability to grow in marginal and
submarginal areas, it normally grows well
and produces high yield when cultivated in
more suitable areas favored with the right
soil and rainfall needed by the crop.
ECOLOGICAL
REQUIREMENTS
SOIL
▪ Gabi can be grown in a wide range
of soil types either as upland
(dryland) or lowland (wetland)
crop.
▪ In either culture, soil pH ranging
from 5.6-6.5 is reported to be best.
❑SOIL
▪ Although gabi can be grown in water-
logged areas, it does not usually grow
well in these places because the
temperature build-up of the water during
hot days causes the plant to respire
more.
❑RAINFALL
▪ Gabi is best adapted to a warm and
moist environment.
▪ Evenly distributed rainfall is ideal
especially for upland gabi.
❑TEMPERATURE
▪ A daily average temperature of
27-29C is ideal for gabi
CULTURAL
REQUIREMENTS
❑LAND PREPARATION
▪ Upland fields for gabi production is
prepared wherein field is plowed and
harrowed thoroughly to kill the weeds
and pulverize the soil.
▪ After the soil is thoroughly
prepared, furrows are set.
❑LAND PREPARATION
▪For lowland culture, the field is prepared
wherein existing weeds are first removed
by cutting mechanically or by hand, then
the field is plowed and harrowed both to
puddle the soil and to flatten the area to
ensure even distribution of irrigation
water.
❑PLANTING MATERIALS
▪Planting materials are called setts.
▪It consists of the upper 1-2 cm of the
corm or cormel plus the lower 20-25
cm of the petioles.
▪Best results are obtained with a sett
size of 100-120 g.
❑PLANTING DISTANCE
▪The recommended planting distance
is 75 cm between rows and 50 cm
between plants in the row.
▪Closer planting at 50 cm x 50 cm may
be done
❑PLANTING METHOD
▪Under upland culture, gabi can be planted
in furrows or in flat beds (without any
furrow).
▪ If flat culture is preferred and irrigation is
not possible, setts should be planted deeper
(8-10 cm) during dry months and shallower
(4-5 cm) during wet months.
❑PLANTING METHOD
▪In the lowland, planting is done in flat fields
and setts are just inserted about 4-5cm
deep by hand into the puddled soil.
❑FERTILIZATION
▪Side dressing brings better fertilizer effect in
contrast to broadcasting followed under
upland culture.
▪Under lowland culture, broadcasting is
practical because there is sufficient
moisture to dissolve the fertilizer at once.
❑WEED CONTROL
▪For upland culture, weeds can be
controlled mechanically by hand weeding
or by means of plowing the inter-row
spaces during off barring and hilling up
operations.
Chemical weed control is good as long as
the plants are thoroughly protected.
❑WEED CONTROL
▪For lowland culture, it is enough that
weeds are properly controlled. This can
be done by regulating the water depth in
the paddy.
❑PEST CONTROL
▪Insect pests like aphids, army worms,
hornworms and grasshoppers attacking
gabi plants can be controlled by spraying
appropriate insecticides.
❑PEST CONTROL
▪For gabi disease like leaf blight, the
application of fungicides is an effective
control practice.
▪For plants that show symptoms of virus
infection, removing and burning the plants
are good control measures.
❑HARVESTING
▪. The best indication of maturity in gabi is
the size of the corm.
▪A physiologically mature gabi plant has
leaves turning yellowish and petioles
becoming short.
Thank you!

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