Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Kshetrimayum Manishwari Devi, M Manolata Chanu, Tabuiliu Abonmai and MS Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to find out the “Effect of spacing on growth and green pod yield of pea (Pisum sativum L. subsp. hortense) local cultivar Makhyatmubi” during the rabi season of 2012-2013 at the Research farm of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur. The experiment consists of eight treatments (T₁ - 30 × 10 cm, T₂ - 30 × 15 cm, T₃ - 30 × 20 cm, T₄ - 30 × 25 cm, T₅ - 30 × 30 cm, T₆ - 35× 30 cm, T₇ - 40 × 30 cm and T₈ – 45 × 30 cm,) which were laid out in a Randomized Block Design and replicated thrice. Observation on plant height, number of leaves/plant, days to 50% flowering, number of branches/plant, pod lenght, pods/plant, seeds/pod, green pod yield/plant, green pod yield/ha, stover yield/plant and stover yield/ha were recorded. The results revealed that treatment T₂ was recorded higher plant height (77.27cm) over other treatments. However maximum number of leaves/plant at harvest and higher number of branches were recorded under the treatment (T₈ -1.63). Days to 50% flowering was not differed significantly due to spacing in pea. Pod length (8.22cm), number of pods/plant (8.93) and number of seeds/pod (7.37) respectively and maximum green pod yield/plant (47.50g) and stover yield/plant (15.39g) were recorded under the treatment T₈ which was found to be at par under the treatment T₇. However, significantly maximum green pod yield (83.15q/ha) was recorded under the treatment T₂ and maximum stover yield (24.96q/ha) was recorded under the tratment T₁.