1All India Coordinated Agronomic Experiments Scheme. I. A. R. I., New Delhi-110012.
2Faculty of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-5.
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
*Part of thesis submitted for the award of Ph. D. (Agri.) degree to the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-5 during 1968.
A sand culture experiment was conducted to study the effect of boron nutrition on the growth of garlic. Insufficient supply of boron checked the growth of garlic plant and reduced the clove number per bulb. Maximum performance of boron nutrition was obtained between 0.50 and 1.00 ppm. Increased supply of this element upto 1.00 ppm helped in increasing the plant ratios. Application of boron beyond 1.00 ppm seems to be toxic for this crop.
