Influence of foliar nutrients application on growth and yield of onion grown in nutrient deficient soil

Authors

  • Inayat Ur Rahman Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra
  • Aftab Afzal Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra
  • Farhana Ijaz Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra
  • Shajaul M Khan Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
  • Sabaz A Khan Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad
  • Khalid Khan Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra
  • Niaz Ali Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v44i4.38598

Keywords:

Allium cepa, Planto-fuel, Foliar application, Micronutrients

Abstract

Commercially available foliar spray labeled as ‘Planto-fuel’ increased significantly (p ≤ 0.05) most of the growth traits viz., leaf length, bulb diameter (7.6 cm), bulb length (5.9 cm), leaves fresh weight/plant, neck fresh weight/plant, bulb fresh weight/plant (166.6 g) and plant fresh weight. It also produced the maximum yield (14.2 tons/ha) while the basal application of DAP significantly increased the number of leaves/plant and 2nd best results in yield whereas the lowest yield was observed through water spray. It is observed that the foliar application of micronutrients mixture in combination with nitrogen is the most suitable method to increase the onion production.

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Published

2018-10-21

How to Cite

Rahman, I. U., Afzal, A., Ijaz, F., Khan, S. M., Khan, S. A., Khan, K., & Ali, N. (2018). Influence of foliar nutrients application on growth and yield of onion grown in nutrient deficient soil. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 44(4), 613–619. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v44i4.38598

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 4 (2015)

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