T.B. Pun
Agriculture Research Station (Horticulture), Dailekh
Mid-western, Nepal

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ABSTRACT

The main objective of the study was to identify the appropriate varieties of onion for off-season bulb production through sets. Seeds of three varieties (Nasik Red, Pusa Red and Red Creole) were sown in the individual nursery beds in the second fortnight of January. Sets were lifted in the first fortnight of June and were stored well till set-planting. They were planted at farmers’ field in the third week of August. Nasik Red produced the highest pooled plant population (5,27,306/ha), biomass yield (22,702 kg/ha), and bulb yield (15,660 kg/ha) and similarly the individual bulb weight (22.64 gm) and was rated as superior one for high as well as early onion production through sets during late autumn and winter season under Dailekh Condition.