<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The studies were carried out in 2002-2005 on evaluation of covers application (a perforated film with 100 holes·m-2 and polypropylene non-woven) as well as the influence of different plant density (250, 125, 83 and 63 plants·m-2) on the yield and chemical composition of winter garlic cv. Arkus for bunch-harvest.Covering the plants with perforated film and polypropylene non-woven increased the marketable yield by 30.7% in comparison to open field cultivation. Moreover, the covers had a favourable effect on the weight and leaf length as well as on plant weight and bulb diameter. The plants grown under covers showed significantly higher dry weight content in bulbs, total sugars in leaves, but simultaneously less amount of L-ascorbic acid. The increase of plant density from 63 to 250 per m2 caused a significant increase of marketable yield. However, the plants grown at the highest density had the lowest weight and their edible parts had the least amount of total sugar and L-ascorbic acid.</abstract>

The studies were carried out in 2002-2005 on evaluation of covers application (a perforated film with 100 holes·m-2 and polypropylene non-woven) as well as the influence of different plant density (250, 125, 83 and 63 plants·m-2) on the yield and chemical composition of winter garlic cv. Arkus for bunch-harvest.Covering the plants with perforated film and polypropylene non-woven increased the marketable yield by 30.7% in comparison to open field cultivation. Moreover, the covers had a favourable effect on the weight and leaf length as well as on plant weight and bulb diameter. The plants grown under covers showed significantly higher dry weight content in bulbs, total sugars in leaves, but simultaneously less amount of L-ascorbic acid. The increase of plant density from 63 to 250 per m2 caused a significant increase of marketable yield. However, the plants grown at the highest density had the lowest weight and their edible parts had the least amount of total sugar and L-ascorbic acid.

The Influence of Selected Agronomic Practices on the Yield and Chemical Composition of Winter Garlic

Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural University of Szczecin, 71-424 Szczecin, Janosika 8, Poland

Laboratory of Plant Raw Materials Processing & Storage, 71-434 Szczecin, Słowackiego 17, Poland

Journal of Fruit and Ornamental Plant Research

The studies were carried out in 2002-2005 on evaluation of covers application (a perforated film with 100 holes·m-2 and polypropylene non-woven) as well as the...

The Influence of Selected Agronomic Practices on the Yield and Chemical Composition of Winter Garlic

Published Online: Jul 31, 2009

Page range: 173 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10032-009-0017-8

Keywords
garlic, covers, plant density, yield, chemical composition

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The Influence of Selected Agronomic Practices on the Yield and Chemical Composition of Winter Garlic

Published Online: Jul 31, 2009

Page range: 173 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10032-009-0017-8

Keywordsgarlic, covers, plant density, yield, chemical composition

This content is open access.

Keywords
garlic, covers, plant density, yield, chemical composition