tailieunhanh - Minimizing mother bulb requirement through mechanical option: A cost friendly approach of onion seed production

Reduction of seed production cost of onion in India may play an important role in bridging the demand-supply gap of onion bulb in both domestic as well as international market, but choices to be made require appropriate cultural manipulations to reduce the mother bulb requirement, the key cost component of seed production. A field experiment in West Bengal, India was conducted between 2014-15 to 2016-17 on a clay loam (Alfisol) soil to evaluate seed production using five different portions of mother bulb (whole bulb of 70- 80g; cross section cut at middle of 40-50g; longitudinally half cut of 35-40 g; longitudinally one third cut of 30-35 g and small but whole bulb of 30-35g) of Sukhsagar variety. | Minimizing mother bulb requirement through mechanical option A cost friendly approach of onion seed production