Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Sruthi Joseph, Arwankie Shadap, Pranabjyoti Sarma, N Devachandra, N Surmina Devi, Megha Raghavan, Ningthoujam Mira Devi and Navya KR

Abstract:
The present study was conducted at Vegetable Research Farm, College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. The experiment was conducted on the palak variety All Green with different date of sowings (1.10 2021, 15.10 2021 and 30.10 2021) with various cuttings (C₀, C₁, C₂ and C₃). The highest plant height of 24.55 cm was observed on D1 while the more number of leaves (14.36) were recorded on D2. The highest leaf length (10.47cm) and the highest green leaf yield per hectare (232.74) were observed on D2. D3 had the highest leaf moisture content (96.99), the highest level of leaf chlorophyll (0.91) the highest total carotenoid content (0.84). The result showed that the plants sown on 15 October 2021 exhibited maximum yield for all most all the growth and yield parameters while plants sown on 30 October 2021 showed highest values for quality parameters. The results of this study revealed that palak crop was infested by Fusarium wilt and percent disease incidence is more on D1 and a least PDI was observed on D3.