Growth, yield and quality of onion cultivars under laterite belt of Eastern India

Authors

  • J Mandal Department of Horticulture and Post-Harvest Technology, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Sriniketan-731236, West Bengal Author
  • R Ajgalley Department of Horticulture and Post-Harvest Technology, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Sriniketan-731236, West Bengal Author
  • D Saha 2Department of Chemistry, Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Burdwan-713103, West Bengal Author
  • S Mohanta Department of Horticulture and Post-Harvest Technology, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Sriniketan-731236, West Bengal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61180/dp37nv09

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Abstract

Onion (Allium cepa, Family: Alliaceae, 2n=16) is grown for consumption as vegetable and spices. India is the second largest producer of onion with an area of 12.70 lakh ha and production of 215.64 lakh ton. West Bengal is an onion deficit state, where the coverage is 29.0 thousand ha with production of 465.45 thousand ton (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & farmers Welfare 2017)

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Published

2019-12-31

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1&2 (2019): Vegetable Science

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Short Communication

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How to Cite

Mandal, J., Ajgalley, R., Saha, D., & Mohanta, S. (2019). Growth, yield and quality of onion cultivars under laterite belt of Eastern India. Vegetable Science, 46(1&2), 129-131. https://doi.org/10.61180/dp37nv09