Phenotypic Response of Two Garlic Varieties to Different Nitrogen Fertilization Grown under Irrigation in Sudan Savannah Ecological Zone of Nigeria

Table 1

Description of characters assessed during the study.

Parameters assessed	Description
Plant height	Measured from the ground level to the tip of the tallest leaf with the aid of meter rule
Number of leaves	Recorded as the mean number of fully opened leaves from the 10 sampled plants
Leaf area	Leaf area was measured and calculated using leaf parameter method as described in [25]
Number of days to 50% maturity	Number of plants with dried leaves in each plot was counted at maturity stage
Matured bulb diameter	Measured using vernier calliper from 10 air-cured bulbs with the mean expressed in centimeter
Individual bulb weight	Ten air-cured bulbs sampled per plot were weighed on Mettler  balance
Number of cloves per bulb	Cloves were separated from each of the 10 bulbs sampled per plot and counted
Cloves weight per bulb	The weights of cloves separated per each of the 10 sampled bulbs were measured using Mettler balance
Fresh bulb yield	Total weight of fresh bulb harvested from each net plot was recorded
Cured bulb yield	Total bulbs harvested from each net plot were weighed after one week of air drying (curing)