Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

The experiment was conducted at the experimental site of Botany Department, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University (VNMKV), Parbhani during the period from June to October 2017 to evaluate seven selected soybean genotypes in respect of growth, dry matter production and yield. Genotypic variations in plant height, leaf area, leaf area index, leaf area duration, dry matter and seed yield were observed. The leaf area ranged from 1296.70 to 1421 (cm²) at 45 DAS and 1416.7 to 1538 (cm²) at 60 DAS, leaf area index varied from 5.57 to 6.30 at 45 DAS and 6.12 to 6.74 at 60 DAS, total dry matter ranged from 17.11 to 18.28 g per plant at 65 DAS and 31.28 to 34.30 at 85 DAS. The seed yield ranged from 717.54 to 1125.00 kg per hectare. Seed yield of soybean was positively related to total dry matter. The filled pods per plant had good relationship with seed yield than other components.