STUDIES ON STORAGE PERFORMANCE OF WHITE ONION ADVANCE LINES UNDER ORDINARY CONDITION

R.K. SINGH¹*, S.K. SINGH², A.K. TAILOR^3
1Department of Vegetable Science, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, 210001, Uttar Pradesh, India; National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation, Nashik, 422201, Maharashtra, India
²Deputy Director, National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation, New Delhi, 110058, India
³Technical Officer (Horticulture), National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation, Nashik, 422201, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : singhrknbpgr@gmail.com

Received : 03-03-2020     Accepted : 28-03-2020     Published : 30-03-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 6       Pages : 9662 - 9665
Int J Agr Sci 12.6 (2020):9662-9665

Keywords : Vegetable, Spices, White Onion
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Vegetable Science, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, 210001, Uttar Pradesh, India. Authors are also thankful to National Horticultural Research and Development foundation, Nashik, 422201, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Onion is commercially cultivated and widely consumed as vegetable and as spices in India. A wide range of variability in bulb yield attributes as well as in storability is noticed. A very little area under white onion cultivation is noticed in India, because of non-availability of good quality seeds for different areas. In storage, a heavy loss noted due to sprouting and decay and these losses varies from 5-85% depending upon the variety and weather conditions. The effect of various cultural practices though is not very clear but some of the operations like soil, irrigation, nitrogen, potash application, chemical application, time of harvesting and stage of maturity while harvesting do affect post-harvest losses. Post-harvest factors like curing, sorting, grading, packing, storage and transportation are, however, the main factors affecting the quality. It is concluded from the study at Nashik the lowest PLW (20.53%) and total loss (30.5%) were recorded in the line L-784, however at Karnal, the lowest total loss (27.86 %) was recorded in line L-898 and found at par with the lines L-629, L-791, L-798, L-810, L-837 and check Agrifound White. These above advance lines can be recommended to the farmers for good keeping quality varieties.

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