Optimization of Phosphorus Level on Yield and Quality of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) in the Balaghat Region of Madhya Pradesh, India
Muskan Peepra
Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat, (M.P.), India.
Prakash Ghodeswar
Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat, (M.P.), India.
Mohd Wamiq *
Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat, (M.P.), India.
Avadhesh Singh Choudhary
Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat, (M.P.), India.
Navneet Satankar
Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat, (M.P.), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present investigation was conducted during the late winter season of the 2023-24 academic year at the Horticultural Research Farm, School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat (M.P.). The experiment followed a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eight treatments, each replicated three times. The experimental findings identified treatment T4 (N @ 100 kg/ha + P @ 70 kg/ha + K @ 50 kg/ha) as the most effective in enhancing growth parameters like maximum plant height at, number of leaves per plant, neck thickness, yield like number of cloves per bulbs, polar diameter of bulb, Bulb yield per plot, and quality Total Soluble Solid of garlic. Furthermore, T4 recorded the highest benefit-cost ratio of 1:3.53, highlighting its economic viability and superior performance over the other treatments.
Keywords: Garlic, phosphorus, quality, yield and benefit cost ratio