Journal ID : AMA-06-09-2023-12574
[This article belongs to Volume - 54, Issue - 09]
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Title : ESTIMATE THE YIELD AND QUALITY RESPONSE OF YEAR ROUND ONION PRODUCTION

Abstract :

An experiment was conducted to estimate yield and quality of Agrifound Dark Red onion grown on raised bed and flat bed condition during off-season production (summer, monsoon and post monsoon season). There were nine date of transplanting (1st day of April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December) and two growing conditions (raised bed and flat bed) which were laid out in factorial randomized block design (two factors) with three replications. Tabulation of two years data showed a significant variation in bulb yield and quality of onion due to transplanting in different dates as well as field condition. Transplanting on 1st October showed maximum bulb yield and morphological qualities in terms of length of bulb, dry matter content, polar diameter, equatorial diameter, volume of bulb, specific gravity, number of scale/bulb. Among the two conditions, raised bed showed better performance in respect of yield and bulb quality in year round production. Therefore, it may be concluded that transplanted during 1st October on raised bed combination for profitable production of onion Agrifound Dark Red at Lucknow region to address the seasonal gap between market demand and production.

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