Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(9): 2513-2518 2513 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.909.314 Assessment of Onion Varieties for Late kharif in North-Eastern Coastal Plain Zone of Odisha Biswanath Sahoo 1* , M. Nedunchezhiyan 2 , Suchismita Tripathy 3 , Kishore Sahoo 4 , Rituparna Munshi 5 and Madhuri Toppo 6 1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (OUAT), Bhadrak, Ranital-756111, Odisha, India 2 Regional Centre of Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar-751019, Odisha, India 3 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture (OUAT), Bhubaneswar-751003, Odisha, India 4 RRTTS, Keonjhar (OUAT) -758002, Odisha, India 5 Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata-700019, West Bengal, India 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (OUAT), Jharsuguda-768212, Odisha, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Onion (Allium cepa L.) is the most important spice crop grown in Odisha for its diverse use. Onion is the largest spice vegetable produced and consumed not only in India, but also in the world. Although it is classified as vegetable it has special qualities, which add to taste and flavour to a crop of National importance. The annual production of onion International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 9 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the important commercial spice crop grown in India for its varied utilization in different cuisines. Odisha produces less than 20% of its consumption needs and for the rest it has to depend on imports from other states. The production and productivity of onion mainly depends upon its genotype, edaphic and climatological factors. Due to high domestic need in Bhadrak district which can’t be augmented due to non-availability of high yielding varieties particularly in late kharif season. Hence, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bhadrak, Ranital (OUAT) conducted an On Farm Testing (OFT) for late kharif during the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 season on farmers field of the villages viz. Kunarda, Shologaon, Rajualibindha, Miriga and Baranga to evaluate the field efficacy of the late kharif varieties. From the on farm testing it was revealed that the onion variety performed better in yield as well as in growth parameters in compared to the N-53 and Agrifound dark red. The consumer preference was more in case of Bhima Super variety for its high shelf-life and fetches higher price in the market. Bhima Super variety registered 43.21% increased yield over Agri found Dark Red variety. Keywords On farm testing, Varietal evaluation, Disease reaction, Economics, Farmers preference Accepted: 18 August 2020 Available Online: 10 September 2020 Article Info