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volume 46 issue 4 (december 2012) : 301-308

EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS AND ZINC ON BIOMASS ACCUMULATION, OIL YIELD AND QUALITY IN GERANIUM (PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS) – GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) INTERCROPPING SYSTEM

S
Santosh Singh*
M
Muni Ram
A
A.A. Naqvi
B
B.S. Verma1
N
Neelam Yadav2
1Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow- 226 015, India

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Cite article:- Singh* Santosh, Ram Muni, Naqvi A.A., Verma1 B.S., Yadav2 Neelam (2025). EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS AND ZINC ON BIOMASS ACCUMULATION, OIL YIELD AND QUALITY IN GERANIUM (PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS) – GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) INTERCROPPING SYSTEM. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 46(4): 301-308. doi: .

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted in subtropical climate of Lucknow, (U.P.) to investigate the influence of phosphorus and zinc in geranium-garlic intercropping system. Application of 40kg P2O5 ha-1 and 30kg zinc ha-1 did influence the biomass and oil yield in geranium significantly over control. Similar trend of result were noticed in garlic also. Citronellol content in geranium oil increased with age of the crop, whereas, geraniol content decreased. In general citronellol (28%) and geraniol (18%) content found in the oil of geranium were as per the acceptable standard.

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