Vol. 2 (6) : November-December 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (6) : 675-676 (November-December, 2011) (New Series)
Effect of micronutrients on yield and quality of onion (Allium cepa L.) cv. ‘Baswant 780’
S.D. DAKE1, B.G. HIWALE2, P.G. NAIK3 and P.N. SONAVANE4*
Deptt. of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani - 431 402 (M.S.)
Designation : 1P.G. Student, 2Associate Professor, 3,4Ph.D. Scholar *(sprashant_55@rediffmail.com)
Subject : Vegetable Sciences
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S.D. DAKE, B.G. HIWALE, P.G. NAIK and P.N. SONAVANE. 2011. Effect of micronutrients on yield and quality of onion (Allium cepa L.) cv. ‘Baswant 780’. Green Farming Vol. 2 (6) : 675-676 (November-December, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
An investigation was undertaken to analyse the effect of micronutrients on yield and quality of onion cv. Baswant 780. In the present study, it was found that the maximum weight average weight of fresh bulb (127.04 g), maximum average weight of cured bulb (123.59 g), maximum bulb yield per plot (22.28 kg/plot) and bulb yield per hectare (49.90 t/ha) was recorded with 1% spray of ZnSO4 while the minimum was recorded in control. The quality parameters like TSS, ascorbic acid sugar percentage were influenced significantly due to different treatments. The maximum TSS (14.67 0B) and ascorbic acid (13.16 mg/100g) was observed in the ZnSO4 at 1% similarly the maximum percentage of reducing (3.89%), non-reducing (6.03%) and total sugar (79.92%) percent were recorded with 1% spray of ZnSO4 while the minimum was recorded in control.
Key words :
Allium cepa, growth, micronutrients, onion, yield.
