Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Swati Dash, K Murali, S Kamala Bai, Atheekur Rehman HM and A Sathish

Abstract:
A field experiment entitled “Effect of sowing window, planting geometry and varieties on growth and yield of pigeonpea” was conducted during kharif 2021-22 and 2022-23 at UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru. The experiment was laid out in split-split design with three replications. The combined effect of sowing window and planting geometry on pigeonpea growth parameters and grain yield was studied. The results revealed that sowing during first fortnight of May month resulted in higher plant height, number of branches, leaf area at all growth stages and pigeonpea grain yield (1945 kg ha^-1) compared to other treatments. For planting geometry, paired row geometry resulted in higher plant height and pigeonpea grain yield (1203 kg ha^-1) compared to normal row geometry. Among varieties BRG-3 recorded higher growth parameters at all stages and pigeonpea grain yield (1198 kg ha^-1) compared to BRG-4. The interaction effect for all the parameters were found to be non-significant in all the cases.