Garlic production in calcareous soil as affected by genotypes and population density [electronic resource].

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This experiment was conducted at the private farm of Mr. Mohamed El-Soony under the official supervision of Faculty of Agricutture, Minia University and Sids Horticulture Research Station, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt, during the two successive winter seasons of 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 in calcareous sandy soil of the new reclaimed area in west Beni - Suef conditions under a drip irrigation system. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of plant density on growth, yield and yield components of four garlic genotypes. Genotypes were grown in the field at two plant densities (60 and 90 plants /m²). As plant density increased, total fresh and cured yield increased from 7.99 to 10.37ton per Fed., and from 4.52 to 5.66 ton per Fed., respectively. Fresh weight of individual plants, bulb fresh weight, bulb dry matter percentage, and cured bulb weight and bulb diameter characteristics was decreased significantly as population density increased.

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