T.B. Poon1, B. Chalise1 S. Shrestha2, O.B. Oli1 and M.L. Dev1
1Agriculture Research Station, Dailekh
2Commercial crop Division, Khumaltar
Abstract
An experiment was carried out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) replicated four times in the field of Agriculture Research Station (ARS), Dailekh during the consecutive years 2010/11 and 2011/12 to study the impacts of seedlings transplanting dates of 'Red Creole' onion on bulb yield and yield contributing characters. Two years' pooled results showed that seedlings transplanted on December 15 (Mangsir 30) recorded the highest pooled marketable bulb yield (29.99 mt/ha), plant density (4, 20,000), number of leaves (10.10/plant) and bulb diameter (5.68 cm). Seedlings transplanted on November 30 (Mansir 15) had the highest number of marketable bulbs (3, 77,300/ha) and TSS (19.67%). Seedlings transplanted on December 15 showed to be the most appropriate dates for maximum bulb yield and its contributing characters under the mid-hill environments of Dailekh.
Keywords: Experiment, pooled, plant density, leaves, diameter