Hanaa Suliman*⁽¹⁾, Riad Zidan⁽²⁾, and Hassan Khojah

(1). Directorate of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Ministry of Agriculture, Lattakia, Syria.

(2). Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria

(*Corresponding author: Hanaa Suliman. E-Mail: hanaa995995@gmail.com)

Received: 29/01/2022         Accepted: 21/06/2022

Abstract: 

The research was carried out in Tishreen University nursery during 2019-2020 seasons, to evaluate and characterize 12 types of garlic, Allium sativum L. planted in the coastal area of Syria. Results indicated significant differences between the cultivars in all of studied traits. The Bamreen cultivar was significantly superior in terms of the plant productivity (2.93 kg/m2)with dry leaves and (2.19 kg/m2)without dry leaves , plant height (83.94 cm), head diameter (4.77 cm), and number of lobes per head (28.5) traits. The Slenfeh cultivar significantly outperformed all other treatment in leaf width (3.14 cm), head average weight (43.83 g), and leaves number per plant (11 leaves), while the two types foregoing superior in head diameter(4.77, 4.75 cm) in the order.

Keywords: Local Garlic, Cultivar, Characterization, Evaluation. 

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