Response of garlic to micronutrients

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Response of garlic to micronutrients

B. M. Mahmudul Hasan
Int. J. Biosci. 25(6), 157-166, December 2024.
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Abstract

A field experiment was conducted on Typic Heplustptes soils of Vegetable Research Farm, Faculty Of Agricultural, University of Rajshahi to study the response of garlic to  multi-micronutrients formulation  mixture  fertilizers in    calcareous  soils.  The results revealed that higher bulb(6712, 5762  and 6237 kg ha-1) and dry leaves (1370, 1181 and 1275 kg  ha-1) yields  and pooled results, respectively, as well as Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu uptake by bulb and dry leaves of garlic were registered with soil application of FeSO4 @ 15 kg ha-1 and ZnSO4 @ 8 kg ha-1 as per soil test value (STV),follow by soil application of multi-micronutrients Grade-V @ 40 kg ha-1(T7)  and  foliar  multi-micronutrients  supplementation  through  1.0  %  spray  having  Fe-4.0%,Mn-0.1%,Zn-5.0%, Cu-0.5% and B-0.5 % grade-IV (T5) at 60, 75 and 90 days after sowing (DAS).These all the  treatment  were  statistically  at  par  with  each  other  but  significantly  superior  over  control. The magnitude of increased in fruit yield were 22.8 and 14.8 and 14.2 % owing to soil application of FeSO4 @15kg ha-1 + ZnSO4 @ 8 kg ha-1 (STV-T8) and soil application of micronutrients mixture grade- V @ 40 kg ha-1(T7) and micronutrients mixture grade-IV spray @ 1.0 % (T5) at 60,75 and 90 days after sowing (DAS), respectively, over control. Significantly higher value of bulb height (2.3 cm), plant height (26.5 cm), No of cloves per bulb (10.9) and  bulb girth  (1.9 cm) were  also recorded  with soil application of FeSO4  @  15  kgha-1  and  ZnSO4  @  8  kgha-1  as  per  soil  test  value  (STV),  follow  by  foliar  multi-micronutrients mixture Grade IV (T5). These both the treatments were statistically at par with each other but significantly superior over control. The soil application of multi-micronutrients mixture as per STV, soil application of  multi-micronutrients  @  40  kg  ha-1  and  foliar  spray 1.0%  grade  -IV  were  found beneficial and economical in increasing garlic yield.

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