Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Naseema Rahman, Ranjan Das, Priyanka Das, Deepa Borbora Phookan, BD Narzary, Binod Kalita, Ananta Saikia, S Alam, Bhabesh Gogoi, Rudra Narayan Borkakati, Hiranya Kr. Deva Nath and Sinki Barman

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during the rabi 2013 and 2014 in the Experimental Farm of Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat to study the optimization of best planting planting date in terms of yield of nine selected germplasm/ varieties of garlic (Allium sativum L.). The growth and yield attributing characters like plant height, leaves per plant, leaf area index, bulb weight, bulb diameter, clove per bulb, 100 clove weight, bulb yield, SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development) value (Chlorophyll), Ascorbic Acid content and TSS (Total Suspended Solids) decreased significantly with the delay in planting time. The interactive results revealed planting of garlic cloves on 15 October recorded the highest growth parameters and yield in case of Bhima Omkar variety (11.51 t ha^-1) which was at par with Ekfutia Assam (10.03 t ha^-1) followed by Assam Local (9.43 t ha^-1).