A study was carried out to verify the off season onion bulb productio111 technology through
set to raise the income and economic status of the onion growing fanmers, during the year
2000101 and 2001102, at both oll-statioll and on-farms conditions. Four cu/tivars of the
normal season onion were tested with 6 replications, in Randomized Complete Block Design.
For both on-station and on-farm experiments onion sets were produced at ARS. Surk!tet.
Among the tested cultivars Pusa Red was found good yielder for set production and matured
at about 140 DAS. Whereas Nasik Red-53 was found about two weeks earlier among other
tested cultivars. In case of off-season onion bulb production, Nasik La/ has performed the
best and produced the highest bulb yields (7864 Kg/Ira), in the year 2000/01, whereas Nasik
Red-53 produced the highest bulb yield (5,814 Kg/ha) in the year 2001/02. In case of onfarm
experiment, first year on-farm result showed that Nasik Lal was the best yielder ( 12238
Kg/ha) among the tested varieties, followed by Nasik Red-53 ( 11829 Kglha). 1n the second
year (2001102) on-farm result showed that in all the locations of Surkhet, Dailekh and Doti
Districts, Nasik Red-53 was the best yielder among all the tested cultivars. Therefore the
above study of off-season onion bulb production through sets has identified Nasik Red-53 as
the suitable variety for bulb as·we/1 as for fresh vegetable. Adoption of this identified variety
will be a new income generative farm enterprise because of tire high price for bulb as well as
fresh leafy vegetable during the lean period.

A study was carried out to verify the off season onion bulb productio111 technology through
set to raise the income and economic status of the onion growing fanmers, during the year
2000101 and 2001102, at both oll-statioll and on-farms conditions. Four cu/tivars of the
normal season onion were tested with 6 replications, in Randomized Complete Block Design.
For both on-station and on-farm experiments onion sets were produced at ARS. Surk!tet.
Among the tested cultivars Pusa Red was found good yielder for set production and matured
at about 140 DAS. Whereas Nasik Red-53 was found about two weeks earlier among other
tested cultivars. In case of off-season onion bulb production, Nasik La/ has performed the
best and produced the highest bulb yields (7864 Kg/Ira), in the year 2000/01, whereas Nasik
Red-53 produced the highest bulb yield (5,814 Kg/ha) in the year 2001/02. In case of onfarm
experiment, first year on-farm result showed that Nasik Lal was the best yielder ( 12238
Kg/ha) among the tested varieties, followed by Nasik Red-53 ( 11829 Kglha). 1n the second
year (2001102) on-farm result showed that in all the locations of Surkhet, Dailekh and Doti
Districts, Nasik Red-53 was the best yielder among all the tested cultivars. Therefore the
above study of off-season onion bulb production through sets has identified Nasik Red-53 as
the suitable variety for bulb as·we/1 as for fresh vegetable. Adoption of this identified variety
will be a new income generative farm enterprise because of tire high price for bulb as well as
fresh leafy vegetable during the lean period.