Evaluation of the different herbicides for controlling weeds in Onion (Allium cepa L.)

Abstract

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is an important bulbous vegetable crop grown in India from the ancient times. The crop is grown for green vegetable as well as mature bulbs. It is popular salad crop and also widely used as a cooked vegetable in soups, stews and casseroles as flavouring in many dishes. The outstanding characteristics of onion are the pungency which is due to volatile oil known as “Allyl-propyl-disulphides”. Because of its importance in cookery, onion is called “queen of the kitchen” by Germans.