Background: The present investigation entitled “Effect of Different Onion + Palak Intercropping Combinations on Leaf Yield (Beta vulgaris var. bengalensis)” was carried out at Research Farm the Department Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during season 2018-19. Methods: experimental treatments viz., T1-palak (sole) 15 X 5cm, T2-onion palak (one row) T3- onion (two ro...

Onion is one of the most important commercial vegetable crops grown intensively in world. Purple blotch found all growing regions destructive onion diseases. Detailed studies on disease's management practices had not been conducted Uganda. The objective this study was to establish effect purple disease production. Kabale, Kasese, and Mbale were identified as major onion-growing regions. Five fa...

This study was designed to investigate the effects of dietary onion flesh or onion peel on lipid peroxides and DNA damage in aged rats. Sprague Dawley male rats (n=40, 16 mo old) were blocked into five groups and raised for 3 mo with either an onion-free control diet or onion diets (Allium cepa L., intermediate-day variety) containing either 5% (w/w) powdered dried onion flesh, 5% (w/w) powdere...

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a well-known onion pest worldwide. Onion thrips cause both direct and indirect damage to onion by feeding and ovipositing on leaves that may cause green onions (scallions) to be unmarketable and dry bulb onion size to be reduced. Onion thrips can also transmit several plant pathogens that reduce onion bulb size and quality. One ...

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is an important cash crop for smallholder farmers in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. However, its productivity low, owing to a number factors including inappropriate irrigation water and nitrogen management. A field experiment was, therefore, conducted at Amibara farm, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, during 2018/19 dry season determine effect interval rate on growth, yield, yi...

The present experiment was conducted at horticulture farm of Rajasthan College Agriculture, Udaipur, Rajasthan, during two winter (rabi) seasons 2019–20 and 2020–21. treatments include, cabbage + marigold, onion, garlic, marigold insecticides spray, onion garlic spray sole without insecticide as untreated control. insecticidal scheduled with sprays, viz. first chlorfenapyr 10% sc @200 g a.i./ h...

In Russia, the major share of vegetable products is produced during period March to August. This due inadequate volumes vegetables fit for long-term storage, and use technologies early production cultures. Apart from above, farming highly dependent on imported seed stock. view import phaseout improvement competitiveness cultures in Russia should focus development storable products, as well meth...

A field experiment was conducted at Entomology farm, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Jammu (SKUAST-J) in rabi 2020-21 to evaluate the efficacy selected insecticides against Thrips tabaci L. onion. total nine treatments viz., Acetamiprid 20 SP, Fipronil 5 SC, Emamectin benzoate SG, Imidacloprid 17.8SL, Spinosad 45SC, Thiamethoxam 25WG, Beauvaria basiana Metarhiz...

The present investigation was carried out during winter of 2018-2019 at the Horticulture Farm Post Graduate College, Ghazipur. experiment laid in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Ten treatment combinations viz. T1-Control (100% Recommended dose NPK), T2-75% NPK + 25% Azotobactor, T3-50% 50% T4-25% 75% T5-75% PSB, T6-50% T7- T8-75% Azotobactor T9-50% PSB and T10-25% PSB. It can b...