Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Bodaka Venkatramana Pavithra, Vikram Singh and AK Singh

Abstract:
A Field Experiment was conducted during Zaid, 2021 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P) to study the “(Effect of Plant population and Varieties on growth and yield of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.,)’' The treatment consists of three different spacing (20cm x10cm, 25cm x10cm and 30cm x10cm)and three different Sesame varieties (Sekhar, Varaha and Swetha). The experiment was conducted by following randomized block design with nine treatments and were replicated thrice. The results revealed that significantly higher in growth and yield parameters with the treatment combination of Variety Sekhar + Spacing 30cm x 10cm., vig., Plant height (88.1cm), Number of branches per plant (7.01),Dry weight (23.28g), number of Capsules per plant (42.3), number of seeds per capsule (58.5), Test weight (3.58g), seed yield(0.84t/ha), stover yield (2.26t/ha). Maximum Gross returns (75600 INR/ha), Net returns (52250 INR/ha) and B:C ratio (2.25) were recorded with the Variety Sekhar + spacing 30cm x 10cm which was superior over all the treatments.