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A New Variety of Onion (Balvan pyaz)

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Category	Agriculture
Crop	Onion
Crop Family	Asteraceaae
Scientific Name	(Alivum sativum)
Vernacular Name	Dungli
Scout	HBN
Details Of Innovation	Shri Balwan Singh has developed an onion variety based on the selection method which he followed for ten consecutive years. The selection was done based on large bulb size & shape with a tightly attached dark red colored skin. • Its yield is about 350 q/ha, has good thickness of rings, has tolerance to stem phylium blight and moderate pungency. • Its dark red colored globular shaped bulb is about 5 cm diameter, neck thickness is 0.8 cm and 50-60 g weigh;t appears more attractive than the conventional ones with firm, bright red colored, mild pungent bulb with average yield 200 (q/ha). • Less infestation of pest and diseases.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Balwansinh
District	Bhiwani
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Near Bhim Stadium, Bhiwani -127 021
Address	Bhiwani , Haryana
Languages Spoken	Haryanvi/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Haryana
PIN Code	127021

PAS 1	"Improved Onion Varieties Released."https://icar.org.in/node/323
PAS 2	"Onion varieties and F1 hybrids suitable for development of Paste."https://www.iihr.res.in/content/onion-varieties-and-f1-hybrids-suitable-development-paste
PAS 3	"Development of hybrids and hybrid seed production of onion."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311594332_Development_of_hybrids_and_hybrid_seed_production_of_onion
Agro Ecological Zone	Western plain hot arid eco-system with desert soils (2.3)
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2610
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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