International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 1
First page : (178) Last page : (187)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2434

Effect of Different Sowing Dates and Application of Pesticides on Growth and Yield of Mustard Crop (Brassica juncea)

Nagaraju Dharavath, Biswarup Mehera, Satyendra Nath, Sitanshu Sekhar Patra and
 Sandeep Rout*
School of Forestry & Environment, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology & Sciences, Allahabad-211007 (Uttar Pradesh) India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sandeeprout1988@gmail.com
Received: 7.01.2017  |  Revised: 15.01.2017   |  Accepted: 16.01.2017  

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the “effect of different sowing dates and application of pesticides on growth and yield of Mustard (B. juncea) during the rabi season of 2014-2015. The experiment was conducted in Randomised Block Design with three replications. The maximum height (187.87 cm) at 120 DAS, maximum number of branches (10.93) at 60 DAS, maximum percentage of flowering (29.22%) at 90 DAS, maximum length  of silique(6.73 cm), maximum number of seeds per silique (17.35), maximum test weight (5.94 g) and maximum seed yield (16.32 q/ha) was recorded in T3 (First date of sowing/Acephate 50 WG).  Therefore it may be concluded that 9th October can be recommended for the Mustard (Parasmani-8 Variety) grower.

Key words: Growth, sowing, pesticides, yield.

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Cite this article: Dharavath, N., Mehera, B., Nath, S., Patra, S.S. and Rout, S., Effect of Different Sowing Dates and Application of Pesticides on Growth and Yield of Mustard Crop(Brassica juncea), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(1): 178-187 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2434