Vol. 8 (1) : January-February 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (1) : 151-155 ; January-February, 2017
Effect of different levels of nitrogen and sulphur on growth, yield and storage of onion (Allium cepa L.) in black soils
S.K. SHARMAa1*, A.K. NAIDUb2 and S.P. MISHRAa3
aDeptt. of Crop Sciences, M.G.C. Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna - 485 780 (Madhya Pradesh)
bDepartment of Horticulture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur - 482 004 (Madhya Pradesh)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(santks05@gmail.com), 2Principal Scientist, 3Assoc. Professor & Head
Subject : Vegetable Sciences
Paper No. : P-5289
Total Pages : 5
Received : 06 June 2016
Revised accepted : 19 December 2016
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Citation :
S.K. SHARMA, A.K. NAIDU and S.P. MISHRA. 2017. Effect of different levels of nitrogen and sulphur on growth, yield and storage of onion (Allium cepa L.) in black soils. Green Farming Vol. 8 (1) : 151-155 ; January-February, 2017
ABSTRACT
The present investigation resulted that the application of Nitrogen 140 kg N ha-1 enhanced growth and yield parameters of onion variety viz., Agrifound Light Red as compared to control. It was also reported that the combine application of nitrogen and sulphur at different levels as N4S2 (140 kg N ha-1 + 30 kg S ha-1) were exhibited maximum growth and yield parameters except for neck thickness of bulb and storage losses, which recorded minimum in treatment N0S0 (control). It is revealed on the study of production economics of onion that significantly maximum bulb yield of 322.71q ha-1 was obtained in onion variety Agrifound Light Red. The highest net return of ` 2, 60,962 ha-1 with benefit cost ratio 5.50 was obtained in treatment T19 N4 S2 (140 kg N ha-1 + 30 kg S ha-1).
Key words :
Agrifound Light Red, B:C ratio, Bulb yield, Onion, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Yield parameters.