Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Manchi Satya Sumanth and Shikha Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2020 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). The treatments were different sowing dates of November 20, November 30 and December 10 along with Zinc at 2.5, 4, 5 kg/ha were used. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with nine treatments each replicated thrice. The results showed that significantly highest plant height (137.0 cm), maximum dry weight (24.8 g), CGR (7.0 g/m²/day) were recorded in the sowing date of November20 + 5 kg/ha Zinc. The significantly highest Number of siliquae per plant (133.8), seeds per siliquae (33.1), test weight (3.42 g) and test weight (3.5 g), higher seed yield (15.7 q/ha), stover yield (58.0 q/ha) and harvest index (23.2%) were recorded in the treatment three which is with sowing date of November 20 + 5 kg/ha Zinc as compared to all other treatments. However, the maximum gross returns (94200.00 INR/ha), net returns (56430.05 INR/ha) and B:C ratio (1.49) were recorded maximum in the sowing date of November20 + 5 kg/ha Zinc.