Onion Farming. A complete Guide: Non-Toxic and Eco-friendly Farming of onion for Researchers and Farmers

      Аннотация: Onion (Allium cepa L.), a member of Alliaceae family, is one of the most important commercial vegetable crops grown in almost all parts of the world and believed to be originated from Central Asia and Mediterranean region and commercially grown in China, India, U.S.A., erstwhile U.S.S.R., Japan, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, Egypt, etc. In the world, Onion crop is grown in about 5.30 million hectare area with an annual production of 88.48 million tons with productivity 16.70 tons per hectare. China stands first in the onion production (22.61 million tons from an area 1.03 million hectares area) in the world with productivity 21.85 tons per hectare, followed by India. In the world production of onion, India has second place after China. In the foreign exchange point of view, onion ranks first in vegetables. Yellow type onion constitutes a bulk (80%) of the world trade particularly in European market, red coloured constitutes 20% of the world trade, major share of the market being in the Asian countries.in this book, we get to know, how to grow a non-toxic and eco-friendly technique of farming of onion and the natural way for disease pest management.

Ключевые слова: onion, Allium cepa, Bio-Fertilizer impact on Onion, Onion Farming, Pyaj ki Kheti, Non-Toxic Farming, Profit in Onion