EFFECT OF SOURCES AND LEVELS OF SILICON ON YIELD AND YIELD CONTRIBUTING CHARACTERS OF GARLIC

P.R. GADE¹, B.J. SHETE², S.D. GAIKWAD³*
¹Department of Horticulture, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
²National Agricultural Research Project, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411067, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
³Department of Horticulture, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : shil151287@gmail.com

Received : 10-10-2019     Accepted : 12-11-2019     Published : 15-11-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 21       Pages : 9174 - 9176
Int J Agr Sci 11.21 (2019):9174-9176

Keywords : Diatomaceous earth, Calcium silicate, Bagasse ash, Silicon, Clove and yield
Academic Editor : Dr Jai P. Rai, Dr B. S. Vyakarnahal, Ali Jabbar, Arlindo Almeida, Monpara B A, Barua Meghali
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Horticulture, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present investigation was under taken on garlic (Allium sativum L.) cv. Phule Nilima to study the effect of silicon, at “All India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops”, Department of Horticulture, MPKV, Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar in rabi season of 2017-18, by using different sources and levels of silicon on chemical properties of soil and nutrient availability in the soil related to growth, yield and quality characters in garlic. Fifteen treatment combinations formed by three sources of silicon (viz., diatomaceous earth, calcium silicate and bagasse ash) with five levels of silicon (viz., 0,100,150, 200 and 250 kg ha-1) and one absolute control, were tried and each replicated three times. The source A2 (CS) with Si @ 250 kg ha-1 (B5) was recorded significantly the highest number of cloves per bulb, highest average weight of 10 cloves, highest average weight of individual bulb, highest yield of bulbs per plot and highest yield of bulbs per ha. over all other sources. The interaction effect of sources and levels of silicon was non-significant for all the characters except for weight of 10 cloves under study. There was significant increase in number of clove per bulb, weight of ten cloves, weight single bulb , yield of bulb plot-1 and yield of bulbs ha-1 over control.

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