Onion is the most important vegetable/condiment crop of Pakistan. Its price hike has compelled farmers to plant summer season crop as well. It is cultivated in large scale more or less throughout the country. We have mentioned the summary of onion production Technology especially with reference to Punjab province. It has been mentioned expected rates of summer season crop of this year 2024. It should be noted that frequency of weeds, diseases and lack of storage facilities are considered as the major bottle neck in its profitable farming. As compared to the heavy and clayey soils, its cultivation is more successful in loam and sandy loam soils. Nasar Puri, Phulkara and Swat 1 are suggested as non-hybrid varieties. Out of a dozen of hybrids, Seminis 748 (Mehr M. Din & sons Gujranwala) and Melbak (Siddique Sons Faisalabad) are considered as the high performer varieties. Winner, Century and Jalal of Madina Seeds Gujranwala have also been performing well as winter crops. Only Nasarpuri and Hazari non hybrid varieties are considered better as summer crop
Onion is a very common vegetable that is used extensively in our region in almost each and every house in making curry and other food items.

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