A new garlic growing system from bulbils through transplanting |
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| Authors: | Yoshio Kajimura Teruaki Sugiura Katsuaki Suenaga Yoichi Itakura Takeomi Etoh |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute for OTC Research, Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shimokotachi 1624, Koda-cho, Hiroshima 739-1105, JapanXLT02305@nifty.ne.jp;3. Sorachi-Hokubu Agricultural Extension Center., 2-19-13, Fukagawa, Hokkaido, 074-0002, Japan;4. Institute for OTC Research, Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shimokotachi 1624, Koda-cho, Hiroshima 739-1105, Japan;5. FacultyofAgriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan |
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| Abstract: | SummaryWe have developed a new garlic growing system from bulbils through transplanting. By this system, extremely small seed bulbils produced bulbs as large as those from cloves of bulbs. In the new system, the bulbils harvested in summer and stored at 18–20°C in winter are grown from the following spring to summer in paper pots, and then transplanted to the field. In Hokkaido, northern Japan, July transplanting produced larger bulbs than August or September transplanting, and the bulbs produced were almost the same size as those of traditional growing methods. One bulbil weighed 75.3±5.6 mg and 84.2±5.4 mg in cv. Furano and a clone, No. 205, respectively, while one clove weighed 5–7g. A clone, H500, produced bulbs of 79.9±3.0.g although its original bulbil weighed only 15.4±0.8.mg. Moreover, this clone produced a great number of bulbils, 250–300, per plant. |
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