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IN THIS PROJECT, SEASON EXTENSION METHODS SUCH AS EARLY SPROUTING OF RHIZOMES USING HEAT PADS, IMMERSION IN HOT WATER OVERNIGHT, HIGH TUNNEL PRODUCTION WILL BE EVALUATED FOR THEIR EFFECTS ON RHIZOME YIELD AND CURCUMINOID CONTENT. A NEW EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA SHOWN TO INDUCE EARLY SPROUTING AND ENHANCE PLANT GROWTH, WILL BE EVALUATED ALONG WITH OTHER TRADITIONAL METHODS SUCH AS HEAT PAD AND HOT WATER, AND HIGH TUNNEL PRODUCTION. STRESSES SUCH AS HEAT AND DROUGHT WILL BE EVALUATED FOR THEIR EFFECTS ON CURCUMIN PRODUCTION AND ACCUMULATION. GENE EXPRESSION IN THE CURCUMIN SYNTHESIS PATHWAY WILL BE STUDIED TO UNDERSTAND THE GENETIC BASIS OF CURCUMIN ACCUMULATION AS A RESULT OF STRESSES. PRODUCTION COSTS, COST-BENEFIT RATIOS, AND MARKETS AND MARKETING METHODS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR DEVELOPING PRODUCTION AND MARKETING STRATEGIES TO SUSTAIN THE TURMERIC INDUSTRY.

$500,000FY2020National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Alabama A & M University

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IN THIS PROJECT, SEASON EXTENSION METHODS SUCH AS EARLY SPROUTING OF RHIZOMES USING HEAT PADS, IMMERSION IN HOT WATER OVERNIGHT, HIGH TUNNEL PRODUCTION WILL BE EVALUATED FOR THEIR EFFECTS ON RHIZOME YIELD AND CURCUMINOID CONTENT. A NEW EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA SHOWN TO INDUCE EARLY SPROUTING AND ENHANCE PLANT GROWTH, WILL BE EVALUATED ALONG WITH OTHER TRADITIONAL METHODS SUCH AS HEAT PAD AND HOT WATER, AND HIGH TUNNEL PRODUCTION. STRESSES SUCH AS HEAT AND DROUGHT WILL BE EVALUATED FOR THEIR EFFECTS ON CURCUMIN PRODUCTION AND ACCUMULATION. GENE EXPRESSION IN THE CURCUMIN SYNTHESIS PATHWAY WILL BE STUDIED TO UNDERSTAND THE GENETIC BASIS OF CURCUMIN ACCUMULATION AS A RESULT OF STRESSES. PRODUCTION COSTS, COST-BENEFIT RATIOS, AND MARKETS AND MARKETING METHODS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR DEVELOPING PRODUCTION AND MARKETING STRATEGIES TO SUSTAIN THE TURMERIC INDUSTRY. · GrantIndex