Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
BJ Patle, SM Ghawade, DM Panchbhai, PK Nagre, MM Deshmukh and RN Katkar

Abstract:
A field experiments was conducted during the rabi season of 2017-18 at Chilli and Vegetable Research Unit, Dr. PDKV, Akola, to study the effect of different mulches and drip irrigation levels on quality of onion seed CV. Akola safed. The treatments consisted of factorial combinations of three levels of mulches (organic mulch, polyethylene mulch and no mulch) and three levels of irrigation requirement (100% IWR, 90% IWR and 80% IWR) laid out in Strip Plot Design with three replications. Results of the experiment revealed that, test weight of seeds in primary and secondary umbels, germination per cent of seeds harvested from primary and secondary umbels and graded seed yield of seed harvested from primary and secondary umbels (%) were recorded maximum due to the application of polyethylene mulch (M₂). However, due to the application of 100% irrigation water requirement (I₁) through drip irrigation, test weight of seeds in primary and secondary umbels, germination per cent of seeds harvested from primary and secondary umbels and graded seed yield (%) were recorded maximum. Whereas, combined application of polyethylene mulch along with 100% irrigation water (M₂I₁) resulted in highest germination percent of seeds harvested from primary and secondary umbels against rest of the treatment combinations.