Performance assessment of various garlic (Allium sativum L.) germplasm in Bangladesh

Article info Received: 10 April, 2021 Accepted: 19 May, 2021 Published: 19 May, 2021 Available in online: 21 May, 2021   *Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is increasingly becoming an essential component  in human diet due to tremendous health-promoting benefits. A total of 25  garlic germplasms have been used in this study from collected various sites  in Bangladesh and abroad. The garlic was cultivated in the field laboratory of  Horticulture Farm under Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh during October/18 to March/19. All germplasm was  characterized on number of leaves, height of plant, leaf length, fresh weight  of leaf, dry weight of leaf, number of cloves per bulb, length and diameter of  bulb, fresh weight of bulb, dry weight of bulb, yield per plot and yield per  hectare. Analyses of variances showed that garlic germplasm with different  origins was significantly different for all characters. Germplasm G49 from  Vietnam showed the highest results in respect of number of leaves per plant  (10.63), leaf length (43.57 cm), fresh leaf weight (92.47g), dry leaf weight  (6.13g), fresh weight of bulb (21.37g), total number of cloves per bulb  (42.13), bulb diameter (4.13cm), fresh weight of bulb (21.37g), dry weight of  bulb (5.73g) and yield (9.83 t/ha) which could help future researchers in  garlic selection program and improvement of yield. Keywords: Physiology, performances, germplasm and garlic.

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