Effect of Sowing Dates on Performance of Different Mustard Varieties (Brassica juncea L.) in Western Uttar Pradesh, India
Praveen Kumar
Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, U.P., India.
Raj Vir Singh
Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, U.P., India.
Shivam Kaushik *
Department of Agronomy, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, U.P., India.
Pardeep Kumar
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, U.P., India.
Ajay Kumar
Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, U.P., India.
Vikas Yadav
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, U.P., India.
Sidra Qidwai
Department of Agronomy, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, U.P., India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to study the “Effect of sowing dates on performance of different mustard varieties (Brassica juncea L.) in western Uttar Pradesh” during rabi season of 2021-22 at Crop Research Centre of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.). The experiment consisted of 12 treatment combinations with Date of sowing and Mustard varieties. The treatment consisted of three dates of sowing and four mustard varieties were tested in RCBD (Factorial) with three replications. Results revealed that the sowing of mustard on D1 (7th October) gave higher plant height (190.2 cm), LAI (4.06), branches plant-1, dry matter accumulation (69.40 g plant-1), seed (21.11 q ha-1), stover (71.76 q ha-1) and biological yield (92.88 q ha-1) of mustard crop. Similarly, the variety V1 (Pusa Vijay) gave highest plant height (197.5 cm), LAI (4.22), branches plant-1, dry matter accumulation (69.65 g plant-1), seed (22.27 q ha-1), stover (69.59 q ha-1) and biological yield (91.87 q h-1) of mustard crop. Thus, it may be concluded that the Pusa Vijay variety of mustard sown on 7th October gave significantly higher values of growth, yield attributes and yield of mustard.
Keywords: Sowing dates, mustard varieties, mustard crop, Pusa Vijay