The present investigation was carried out during the year 2010 -2013 to study the influence of Integrated Nutrient Management module for garlic under Nilgiris condition. The experiment was conducted in Horticultural Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, The Nilgiris. Among the nine treatments, the treatment combination of N:P:K:S 75:40:40:40 Kg/ha + 5 t of FYM / ha + 2.5 t of Poultry manure + 2.5 t of Vermicompost / ha performed better in terms of vegetative and yield characters for Garlic under Niligris condition and significantly increased the plant height (64.11 cm), number of of leaves (9.0), leaf length (41.25 cm), neck thickness(3.6 cm), polar diameter (3.69 cm), equatorial diameter(4.31cm), average weight of 10 bulbs(227 g). A grade bulbs (5.20 %), B grade bulbs (2.50%), C grade bulbs (1.57%), marketable yield (79.38 q/ ha) and total yield (89.10 q/ ha).

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