Response of different doses of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and yield of garlic (Allium sativum L.)

A field experiment was carried out at Horticultural Research Centre, Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut (UP) during the Rabi season 2011–2012 to study the response of different doses of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and yield of Garlic. The experiment was laid out-in Randomized Block Design with eight treatments and three replication. The experiment consists of eight treatments viz. T₁ (RDF 100 Kg N + 60 kg P₂O₅ + 100 kg K₂O/ha), T₂(40 kg N + 24 kg P₂O₅ + 40 kg K₂O/ha + 10 tonnes V.C/ha), T₃ (40 kg N + 24 kg P₂O₅ + 40 kg K₂O + 15 tonnes VC/ha), T₄ (60 kg N + 36 kg P₂O₅ + 60 kg K₂O + 15 tonnes VC/ha), T₅ (40 kg N + 24 kg P₂O₅ + 40 kg K₂O + 30 tonnes FYM/ha), T₆ (40 kg N + 24 kg P₂O₅ + 40 kg K₂O + 40 tonnes FYM/ha), T₇ (60 kg N + 36 kg P₂O₅ + 60 kg K₂O + 40 tonnes FYM/ha) and T₈ (Control). The results of present investigation indicated that the vegetative growth characters plant height (cm), diameter of stem (cm), number of leaves per plant, leaf length (cm), leaf width (cm) as well as yield contributing characters viz weight of bulb (g), diameter of bulb (cm), weight of 50 cloves (g), number of cloves per bulb and yield of bulb (q/ha) were found to be maximum in the application of treatment T₄ (60 kg N + 36 kgP₂O₅ +60 kg K₂O+ 15 tonnes VC/ha) as compared to control and other treatments.