Effect of iron, zinc and boron on yield and income from rabi onion (Allium cepa) var. Agrifound Light Red

An experiment was conducted to find out the influence of iron, zinc and boron on income from rabi onion var. Agrifound Light Red grown under loamy sand soil (Allium cepa L.) at Horticulture Instructional Farm, Chimanbhai Patel College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, in a Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replication during two consecutive rabi season 2013–14 and 2014–15. The application of micronutrient enhanced yield in all treatments compared to the control. The application of zinc 25 kg/ha resulted in significantly higher bulb yield up to (564.70 q/ha), net income ( 494621.68/ha) and B: C ratio 7.06. In case of net income, and B: C ratio, iron 20 kg/ha stood as the second best treatments (547.58 q/ha, 478098.16/ha and 6.88), respectively and incase of boron maximum bulb yield (533.93 q/ha), net income ( 464003.00/ha) and B: C ratio (6.74) recorded with boron 5 kg/ha and 2.5 kg/ha treatment, respectively.