“Effect of accelerated ageing on seed quality parameters in onion”
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2014
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
The present investigation entitled "Effect of accelerated ageing on seed
quality parameters in onion” was carried out during 2012 to 2014 at,
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, B. A. College of Agriculture,
AAU, Anand (Gujarat).
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is a bulbous vegetable crop of family
Amarilidaceae. In the world, India is the second largest producer of onion,
next only to China. It is being grown both in kharif and rabi in India. It
occupies an area of 10.51 lakh hectare, with production of 168.13 lakh tons
and productivity 16 metric tons per hectare. Gujarat is the leading state for
onion cultivation having an area of 0.28 lakh hectares and production about
704.38 metric tones. Gujarat is having the highest productivity of 24.4
metric tons per hectare. (Anon:, 2013)
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Seed Science & Technology, Study