Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Bhogabati Shijagurumayum, Athokpam Kalpana, Bibek Laishram and Anju Keisham

Abstract:
A field experiment was carried out at the Agricultural Research farm, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Utlou, Bishnupur District, Manipur, India during the year 2019-2020 to study the performance of lentil under different dates of sowing and nutrient management. The result showed that the growth and yield and yield attributes of lentil were significantly influence by the different date of sowing and nutrient management. The highest growth and yield attributes were recorded from D2 and N2 whereas; the lowest were recorded from D3 and N1 respectively at different growth stages. The interaction effect between the date of sowing and nutrient management of lentil also exerted significant influence on growth and yield parameters and yield of lentil. The treatment D2N2 (Sowing on 4th November with 50% urea + 50% vermicompost + 100% SSP + 100% MOP) recorded the maximum grain yield (934.81 kg ha-1) and stover yield (1478.06 kg ha-1). Lentil sown on 4th November with a combined application of urea and vermicompost i.e. (D2N2) gave 22.49% higher grain yield from D3N1. From the result it can be concluded that the first week of November along with the combined application of urea and vermicompost as source of nitrogen is the optimum time of sowing and nutrient management of lentil as compared to other treatment combination.