Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Mahanand Sahu, JR Patel, Dondeshwar Prasad Sarthi, Sumit and SN Singh

Abstract:
An field experiment was conducted during post kharif season 2018 at Instructional Farm, BTC College of Agriculture and Research Station, Bilaspur, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.). The experiment was laid in split plot design with two factors namely three sowing dates in the main plot i.e. D₁ (14^th September), D₂ (20^th September) and D₃ (26^th September) with five varieties in sub plot viz., V₁ (Bilasa Kulthi), V₂ (Indira Kulthi-1), V₃ (Chhattisgarh Kulthi-2), V₄ (Chhattisgarh Kulthi-3) and V₅ (BSP 17-2). The result revealed that maximum plant height, number of pods plant^-1 (29.17), number of seeds pod^-1 (5.72), seed yield plant^-1 (3.93 g) and 1000 test weight (30.09 g) was recorded under D₁ (14^th September) in sowing date and in case of varieties V₂ (Indira Kulthi-1) recorded maximum number of pods plant^-1 (33.29) number of seeds pod-1 (6.16), seed yield plant^-1 (4.56 g) and 1000 test weight (30.17 g). The seed yield (720.70 kg ha^-1) was recorded highest in D₁ (14^th September) in sowing dates and in case of varieties V₂ (Indira Kulthi-1) is recorded maximum seed yield (697.04 kg ha^-1).