Onion

Varieties

• Bellary Red, Pusa Red, Nasik Red, Agrifound Dark Red, Agrifound Light Red.

Seeding

• Sow nursery during June-July. 7-8kg seed sown on raised beds in 500 m² will be sufficient to transplant one hectare. The seedlings will be ready within 45 days. Plant on both the sides of ridges or beds with a spacing of 30x10cm. Dip the seedlings in 1% bordeaux mixture before transplanting.

Fertilisers

• Incorporate FYM at 25 t ha^-1 during preparatory cultivation and apply fertilisers @ 100:50:60 NPK kg ha^-1. Apply entire P, K and half of the N as basal and the remaining 50 N has to be top dressed in two equal doses at monthly intervals.

Weed Management

• Spray pendimethalin 3.5 l/ha one week after transplanting onion seedlings.

Pest Management

Thrips

• Spray dimethoate @ 2.0ml l^-1 or methyl dematon @ 2.0ml l^-1 or monocrotophos @ 1.5ml l^-1.

Disease Management

Blight

• Spray mancozeb @ 2.5g l^-1 or ziram @ 2g l^-1 or carbendazim @ 1g l^-1 four to five sprays at 7-10 days interval starting from first symptom appearance.

Post Harvest Technology

• Store the bulbs in aerated and ventilated structures, turn periodically and remove rotted bulbs.

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