Effect of Zinc and Iron Application on Growth and Yield of Garlic (Allium sativum L.)
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2022
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Agriculture University, Jodhpur
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A field experiment was conducted at Instructional Farm, College of
Agriculture, Jodhpur to assess the “Effect of zinc and iron application on growth and
yield of garlic (Allium sativum L.)” during Rabi, 2021-22. The experiment comprised
13 treatments consisting of three levels each of ZnSO4 and FeSO4 at 5, 10 and 15
kg/ha as soil application and three levels of each as a foliar application at 0.3, 0.5 and
0.7% concentration at 60 and 90 DAP and control. The experiment was laid out in a
randomized block design with three replications. The results revealed that all the
growth parameters, yield parameters, quality attributes, and economics of garlic were
influenced significantly by different levels of soil and foliar application of ZnSO4 and
FeSO4. Among the different levels of Zn, soil application of ZnSO4@15 kg/ha and
foliar application of ZnSO4@0.7% being at par with ZnSO4@10 kg/ha and
ZnSO4@0.5%, respectively recorded significantly higher growth and yield attributes
over control. Therefore, the growth and yield parameters under ZnSO4@15 and 10
kg/ha; and ZnSO4@0.7 and 0.5% were recorded statistically at par with each other.
Further, among different levels of Fe, soil application of FeSO4@15 kg/ha and foliar
application of FeSO4@0.7%, being at par FeSO4@10 kg/ha and FeSO4@0.5%,
respectively recorded significantly higher growth and yield attributes over control.
Similar to Zn levels, FeSO4@15 and 10 kg/ha, and FeSO4@0.7 and 0.5% recorded
growth, yield and quality parameters statistically at par with each other. A significant
residual effect of ZnSO4 and FeSO4 in soil was recorded with soil application of both
nutrients. The highest net returns (`4,65,154/ha) were obtained from foliar application
of ZnSO4@0.7%; whereas the highest B: C ratio (3.08:1) was obtained from soil
application of ZnSO4@15kg/ha. Moreover, with soil and foliar application of FeSO4
highest net returns (`4,32,621/ha) and B: C ratio (2.84:1) were recorded with
FeSO4@0.7% over control and other treatment of FeSO4. Hence, soil application of
Zn and Fe by ZnSO4 and FeSO4@15 kg/ha or their foliar application at 0.7%
concentration can be beneficial for producing higher productivity and net returns of
garlic in western Rajasthan.
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Kuri, Ronak 2022. Effect of Zinc and Iron Application on Growth and Yield of Garlic (Allium sativum L.). M.Sc. Thesis, Agriculture University, Jodhpur