Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Brahmane Priyanka, Brahmne RO, Deokar CD and Khaire PB

Abstract:
Onion (Allium cepa L.), is one of the most popular vegetable crops grown throughout the world. Onion rightly called as “Queen of kitchen” is one of the oldest known and an important vegetable crop grown in India. Onion is supposed to have its origin in the Middle East Asian Countries and introduced in India from Palestine. As vegetable and spice it is used both as tender and mature bulb. Purple blotch of Onion caused by Alternaria porri (Ellis) is one of the most destructive diseases of onion (Allium cepa L.) causing accountable losses of about 80 to 90 percent. On the basis on survey, it is observed that during Kharif 2013 the incidence purple blotch of onion recorded in Latur and Osmanabad district in Marathwada region is affected have economic losses. Purple blotch incidence was recorded maximum in Osmanabad district (44.08%) followed by Latur district (35.20%). The disease incidence was varied among different stage of the crop and varieties grown but there was no significant difference among the cultivation practices. However, the highest average incidence was recorded most of the onion cultivars grown in the village were N-53 type of soil was black cotton.