Influence of date of planting and spacing on growth, yield and quality of garlic (Allium sativum L.)

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted during year 2018-19 and 2019-20 at experimental field of Division of Vegetable Sciences, SKUAST-Kashmir to assess the sole as well as interaction effect of date of sowing and spacing on growth, yield, and quality of garlic (Allium stadium L) under temperate conditions of Kashmir valley. Pooled result of two years (2018-19 and 2019-20) revealed that sole effect of date of sowings showed treatment T3 (15th Nov) recorded maximum values of plant height (87.60 cm),no. of cloves per bulb (9.78),average clove weight (9.77gms),average bulb weight (38.83 gms),Equatorial diameter (4.94cm,), polar dia (3.76 cm),neck thickness (0.67 cm),bulb yield (226.56 q ha-1), T.S.S Brix0 (36.25),vitamin C content (12.89 mg100-1g) and protein content (6.41%) which was significantly superior to all treatments but at par with treatment D2 (30th Oct) while as sole effect of spacing revealed that maximum values of plant height (79.60 cm),no. of cloves per bulb (7.32 cm),average clove weight (8.55 gms),average bulb weight (37.51 gms),equatorial dia (4.73 cm,),polar dia (3.61 cm),neck thickness (0.64 cm),bulb yield (223.45 q ha-1), T.S.S Brix0 (36.42),Vitamin C content (12.28 mg100-1g) and protein content (6.32%) but were at par with S2 (15×7.5 cm) treatment in respect of all parameters except bulb yield which was significantly maximum. Further it was also observed that interaction effect showed significant difference among treatments in respect of various growth, yield and quality parameters.