Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Mahanand Sahu, JR Patel, Dondeshwar Prasad Sarthi, Satya Narayan Singh, Sumit and Madhuri Devi Bhagat

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, no. of primary branches plant^-1, no. of secondary branches plant^-1, number of pods plant^-1 (29.17), weight of pods plant^-1 (6.13 g), pods length (4.84 cm) and test weight (30.09 g) recorded under D₁ (14^th September) in sowing dates and in case of varieties V₂ (Indira kulthi-1) recorded maximum number of secondary branches plant^-1, number of pods plant^-1 (33.29), weight of pods plant^-1 (6.96 g), pods length (5.10 cm) and test weight (30.17 g). The sowing date D₁ (14^th September) was recorded highest seed yield (720.70 kg ha^-1), Biological yield (1823.78 kg ha^-1) and harvest index (39.51%) as compared to D₂ (20^th September) and D₃ (26^th September) and in case of varieties V₂ (Indira Kulthi-1) is recorded maximum seed yield (697.04 kg ha^-1) and Biological yield (1943.15 kg ha^-1).