About the Practice
Detail:

Before sowing of garlic and onion, fine sand from the sea shore is mixed with castor oil and sprinkled on the seedbed and then after planting is done. The practice is found to increase the size of onion bulb and garlic rhizomes.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Sumatbhai Karsanbhai Solanki
Agro-Ecological Zone: Arid western Plains
Address: Harsana, Po. Sutrapala, Tarala, Junagadh, Gujarat
District: Junagadh
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 362275

Practice Details

Crop: Garlic and Onion
Crop Family: Amaryllidaceae
Crop Scientific Name: Garlic-(Allium sativum), Onion-(Allium cepa)
Crop Vernacular Name: Garlic-Roshun, Lesun; Onion- Peyaz, Piyaz
Ingredients: Fine sand from the sea shore, castor oil

PAS 1:

“Growth, bolting and yield of garlic (Allium sativum L.) in response to clove chilling treatment”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423815300935

PAS 2:

“The alliin content in bulbs could be doubled by S fertilization.”
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1081/PLN-200026433


GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/944 - Practice ID: DTP0010000004041
Please login to view or add comments to this practice.