Agricultural Science Digest

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue: 2

Effect of nitrogen doses on growth and yield of onion (Allium cepa L.) cv. ‘Nasir red’

  • Author:
  • P.M. Meena1, Vijai K. Umrao, Amit Kumar2, Rajeev Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 144 to 145

Department of Horticulture, Ch. S.S.S. (PG) College, Machhra, (Meerut), U.P., India.

1NDRI, Karnal.

Abstract

The present experiment was conducted during 2004–2005 at Ch. S.S.S. (PG) College, Machhra, (Meerut) U.P., India to study the effect of nitrogen doses on growth and yield attributes of onion CV. Nasik Red 150 kg N/ha was found to have maximum height of the plant, maximum length of the longest leaf, maximum diameter of the pseudostem, maximum number of leaves per plant, maximum diameter of the bulb, maximum yield of bulb (q/ha) in comparison of lower doses i.e. 50 kg N, 100 kg N/ha.