Evaluation of Onion Varieties in kharif Season Under Submontane Low Hill Conditions of Himachal Pradesh

Onion is highly photo-thermo sensitive crop having limited adaptation. To boost onion production during kharif, it was considered Inperative to test onion varieties bred by different institutes for their performance In the low hills of Himachal Pradesh. The evaluation of five onion cultivars for three years In these hills revealed that Baswant-780 was the top yielded with a mean bulb production of 230.50 q/ha. Agrifound Dark Red (AFDR) and N-53 with a yield potential of 199.40 and 176.50 q/ha, respectively were the next best performers In that order. The study marked that highest yield manifested by B–780 was accompanied by better growth and larger size of bulbs.