Vol. 6, Special Issue 4 (2018)
Performance of onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes for growth, yield and quality
Author(s): Bindhyachal Ram and Udit Kumar
Abstract: Field evaluation of 21 onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes along with five national check varieties obtained from Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research (ICAR), Rajgurunagar, Pune, Maharashtra, India, was carried out at the experimental farm of Tirhut College of Agriculture, RPCAU, Dholi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar under All India Network Research Project on Onion and Garlic(ICAR) during Rabi season of 2011-12. Twenty one cultivars were evaluated by adopting Randomized Block Design with three replications for Growth, Yield and Quality in the calcareous region of North Bihar. The result revealed that there is a significant variation among the varieties and advanced lines with respect to vegetative growth, yield and bulb quality. The line, NRCWO-3 of DOGR, Pune had produced significantly highest plant height of 63.58 cm whereas the number of leaves per plant varies from 7.23 (Sel-397) to 10.91 (NRCWO-3) and collar thickness from1.58 (NRCWO-3) to 1.13 cm (VG-19) among the tested lines. Significantly highest total bulb yield was recorded in Bhima Super (388.20 q/ ha), closely followed by Arka Niketan (387.20 q/ ha) and NRCWO-3 (340.16 q/ ha) than rest of the tested lines or cultivars. TSS ranges from 8.60 % (L-28) to 11.80 % (Arka Niketan). The lines such as Bhima Super, VG-18 Syn-06 and Soyal-2009 recorded significantly higher TSS. Days to harvesting varies from 125.67 days (NRCWO-3) to 147.00 days (RO- 282).
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Bindhyachal Ram and Udit Kumar. Performance of onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes for growth, yield and quality. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2018; 6(4): 128-131.
