Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Moola Ram, RC Meena, Durgashankar Meena and HP Parewa

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted during rabi (winter) season of 2018-19 at Agricultural Research Station, Mandor, Jodhpur. The soil of the experimental field was loamy sand in texture, slightly alkaline in reaction, poor in organic carbon (0.12%), low in available nitrogen (172 kg ha^-1) and phosphorus (24.2 kg ha^-1) but medium in available potassium (332 kg ha^-1). Among 8 dates of sowing, the performance of quinoa in terms of number of branches, panicle length, test weight and seed yield were significantly better when quinoa was sown on 15^th November and 25^th November. Among plant geometry, seed yield per hectare was significantly higher under narrow spacing (30 cm x 30 cm and 45 cm x 30 cm) when averaged on the basis of per hectare due to higher number of plants in narrow spacing. The crop took on average 140 to mature in all the dates of sowing. The crop geometry did not influence the maturity days of quinoa. It was concluded that quinoa crop can be sown between 15^th November and 25^th November with plant geometry of 30 cm x 30 cm for higher seed yield in western Rajasthan. The findings of the study would be helpful in crop planning for introduction and development of package of practices of quinoa for crop diversification in the State.