CHARACTERIZATION OF GARLIC (Allium sativum L.) GENOTYPES BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS

TARIQUE ASLAM¹*, P.P. MOHAPATRA², C.S. KARTHIK³, S.P. DAS⁴, B.S. DUDI^5
1Department of Vegetable Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana
²Department of Vegetable Crop, Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswaVidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, 741252, West Bengal
³Department of Spices and Plantation Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswaVidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, 741252, West Bengal
⁴Department of Vegetable Crop, Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswaVidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, 741252, West Bengal
⁵Department of Vegetable Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana
* Corresponding Author : aslamphd88@gmail.com

Received : 03-06-2016     Accepted : 23-06-2016     Published : 06-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 44       Pages : 1901 - 1903
Int J Agr Sci 8.44 (2016):1901-1903

Keywords : Garlic, Genotypes, Characterization
Academic Editor : B Gogoi, Dr Rakesh Kumar Dubey, Anandhi K, Attri B. L.
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The present investigation was carried out at Research Farm of the department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during spring Rabi season of 2014-15 on the basis of characterization and variability present in twenty-five garlic genotypes. The twenty-five genotypes were laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The cloves of each genotype were planted manually on 28th October 2014 in flat beds of 3x2 m size at a spacing of 15x10 cm. The genotypes were categorized on the basis of plant height, number of leaves, leaf length, leaf width, foliage colour, pseudostem length, polar and equatorial diameter of bulb, number of cloves per bulb, skin colour of bulb and cloves and days to harvesting, which differentiate the garlic genotypes. The material assessed in the present investigation possessed wide range of variation for various characters observed. The genotypes were characterized for their morphological characters.