Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Sangeeta Shree, Anisha Kumari, RB Verma and Vijay Kumar Singh

Abstract:
Morphological characterisation of twenty five genotypes of garlic collected locally as well as from different research centres of the country was done at Permanent Experiment Area of The Department of Horticulture, Bihar Agriculture College, Sabour, Bihar. The results indicated that the genotypes differed significantly as to the different morphological yield and yield attributing traits. The height of plants varied significantly and ranged between 44.20 cm - 66.27cm.Length and breadth of leaves also showed significant variations among different genotypes. As for the yield characters, the number of cloves per bulb ranged from 13.33-32.33 and showed significant variations. The highest bulb yield per plant was obtained in line 650 (28.54 g) which was significantly superior to all other genotypes and was followed by the genotype, BRG-10 (24.23g) which in turn was at par with the genotype, G282 (20.96g) while the lowest bulb yield was found in IC 373010 (9.17g). Thus the genotypes, 610, BRG10, G282 and IC-375107 were the promising genotypes with respect to yield and yield attributing traits in garlic. Considering high yield potential along with other yield attributing characters as a positive trait for selection, genotypes, 610, BRG10, G282 and IC-375107 were found to be promising under ecology of Bihar.