Division of Olericulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, 191 121, Srinagar (J&K).
*Corresponding author's present address: Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research (ICAR), Rajgurunagar, 410 505, Pune, Maharashtra; E-mail: guptaaj75@yahoo.co.in.