Effect of Sulphur Levels and different Micronutrients on Growth attributes of Garlic (Allium sativum L.)

Author: Praveen Choyal*, O.P. Garhwal, Manju Netwal and Radhe Shyam Kherwa

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Abstract

The field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm, SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner, Jaipur (Rajasthan) during Rabi seasons 2019-20 and 2020-21. Deficiency of micronutrients during the last three decades has become a major constraint to production and productivity of vegetables in general and garlic in particular. Thus, there is an urgent need for correction of individual nutrient deficiency and for arresting its further spread. The lower productivity of Indian garlic is primarily due to susceptibility of crop to both biotic and abiotic factors. Imbalanced nutrition is treated as one of the major abiotic factors which adversely affects growth and yield of garlic. Keeping these points in view, foliar application of boron, zinc, iron and molybdenum as micronutrients and basal doses of sulphur as a macronutrient were used in the experimental crop to study the impact on growth, yield and storage of garlic. The result showed that soil application of sulphur 60 kg/ha and foliar a

Keywords

Garlic, Plant Height, Chlorophyll, Number of leaves and Pooled analysis.

Conclusion

Based on the results of two years experiments, it may be concluded that soil application of sulphur at 60 kg/ha combined with foliar spray of Zinc sulphate at 0.6% proved the most superior treatment combination in garlic. Although, sulphur application at 40 kg/ha along with foliar application of zinc sulphate at 0.6 % was found at par to it.

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Praveen Choyal, O.P. Garhwal, Manju Netwal and Radhe Shyam Kherwa (2022). Effect of Sulphur Levels and different Micronutrients on Growth Attributes of Garlic (Allium sativum L.). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(1): 932-935.