National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A field investigation was conducted at Regional Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Paiyur, Tamil Nadu during rainy season (October 2019 to February 2020) to find out the best sowing time and suitable variety in horsegram. The trial was carried out strip plot design with three replications. Strip one consisted of five dates of sowing viz., D1 – 40th meteorological standard week (MSW), D2 – 41st MSW, D3 – 42nd MSW, D4 – 43rd MSW and D5 – 44th MSW and; strip two comprised of four varieties viz., V1 – Paiyur 1, V2 – Paiyur 2, V3 - CRIDA 18R and V4 – Indira Kulthi-1. The experiment was carried out under rainfed condition using north east monsoon rains. Results of the field investigation revealed that higher growth parameters such as plant height and drymatter production and yield of haulm were recorded in horsegram varieties sown during 40th MSW (D1) than other sowing dates, however higher yield attributes such as number of pods plant-1, number of seeds pod-1, 100 grain weight and grain yield were noted when horsegram was sown during 41st MSW (D2) compared to other time of sowing. Among the varieties under study, Paiyur 2 variety recorded higher drymatter production, number of pods plant-1, number of seeds pod-1, 100 grain weight, grain yield and haulm yield than other varieties. Hence, it can be concluded that Paiyur 2 variety sown during 40th MSW produced more growth and 41st MSW recorded more yield characters; and yield of horsegram under rainfed condition of north-western agro-climatic zone of Tamil Nadu.
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