Claim · model-written summary
Farmyard manure did not significantly increase onion yield, bulb weight or bulb number compared with unfertilized control.
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e1“Since farmyard manure did not provide significant increase in yield, bulb weight and number of bulbs per plot in comparison to unfertilized control, its application is not recommended for onion”
Title
Onion yield and yield contributing characters as affected by organic fertilizers
Milka Brdar-Jokanovic; Milan Ugrinovic; Dejan Cvikic; et al. Ratarstvo i povrtarstvo 2011. doi:10.5937/ratpov1102341b
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- Intervention effect Bacterial fertilizer gave onion yield of 48.8% of the NPK control, lower than the NPK control.
- Intervention effect Manure treatment gave onion yield of 25.3% of the NPK control, lower than the NPK control.
- Observation Unfertilized onion plots yielded 24.3% of the NPK control.
- Observation Onion yield and bulb weight differed significantly among the cultivars.
- Association Cultivar Zlatno gnezdo responded well to bacterial amendment.
- Recommendation Farmyard manure application is not recommended for onion.
- Recommendation Bacterial fertilizer may be used for organically grown onion.
- Recommendation Cultivar Zlatno gnezdo could be recommended to organic producers and used in breeding programs.
Allium cepa var. aggregatum