Claim · model-written summary
Foliar zinc sulfate increased bulb yield, at par with soil zinc sulfate.
- Taxon
- onion (Allium cepa)
Allium cepat0 - Treatment
- foliar application of ZnSO4 @0.5%e0
- Outcome
- bulb yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 41.5, 35.8 and 38.7 t/hae0
- Comparator
- soil application of ZnSO4e0
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Verbatim
e0“significantly higher plant growth, bulb yield (41.5, 35.8 and 38.7 t/ha) and quality of onion were noticed under foliar application of ZnSO4 @0.5% but these were found at par with soil application of ZnSO4”
t0“onion (Allium cepa)”
Title
Impact of transplanting dates, cultivars and zinc on performance of onion (Allium cepa)
GULAB CHOUDHARY; L N BAIRWA; O P GARHWAL; et al. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2023. doi:10.56093/ijas.v93i10.132791
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect January transplanting increased onion plant growth.
- Intervention effect January transplanting increased bulb yield, reported as three seasonal values.
- Intervention effect January transplanting increased onion quality.
- Observation Bhima Shakti had higher plant growth than other cultivars, at par with RO-59.
- Observation Bhima Shakti had higher bulb yield, at par with RO-59.
- Observation Bhima Shakti had higher onion quality, at par with RO-59.
- Intervention effect Foliar zinc sulfate increased onion plant growth, at par with soil zinc sulfate.
- Intervention effect Foliar zinc sulfate increased onion quality, at par with soil zinc sulfate.
- Recommendation The authors recommend January transplanting of Bhima Shakti with foliar zinc sulfate to increase onion performance.