Response of mustard varieties to different sowing windows in Konkan region Nigade A.B.1, Jagtap D.N.2,*, Jadhav M.S.3, Bodake P.S.4, More S.S.5 1Department of Agronomy, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan, Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra - 415712 2Agricultural Research Station, Awashi-415 722 3Central Experiment Station, Wakawali-415 712 4Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Dapoli-415 712 5Department of Soil Science and Agril. Chemistry, Dapoli-415 712 *e-mail: mauli296@gmail.com
Online published on 2 April, 2024. Abstract A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2020-2021 at Central Experiment Station, Wakawali, to study the response of mustard varieties to different sowing windows in Konkan region. The experiment was laid out in Split Plot Design. The main plot treatment consists of three sowing windows viz., S1: 46th MW (12th - 18th November), S2: 48th MW (26th November - 2nd December) and S3: 50th MW (10th - 16th December) with four varieties as sub plot treatments viz., V1: Kranti, V2: Pusa Jaikisan, V3: NRC-HB-101 and V4: TAM-108-1 replicated thrice which forms 36 treatment combinations. The sowing window, 46th meteorological week recorded significantly highest growth, seed yield and quality attributes resulting in higher seed (856.39 kg ha-1) and stover yield (3256.21 kg ha-1) followed by 48th and 50th meteorological week. Among varieties ‘Pusa Jaikisan’ showed significantly higher growth, yield and quality attributes resulting in higher seed (835.66 kgha-1) and stover yield (3017.34 kg ha-1) followed by ‘NRC-HB-101’, ‘Kranti’ and ‘TAM-108-1’. Thus, from the investigation it was concluded that, during rabi season mustard crop sown in 46th meteorological week along with variety ‘Pusa Jaikisan’ or ‘NRC-HB-101’ recorded the highest growth, seed yield and quality. Top Keywords Mustard, Quality, Sowing windows, Varieties. Top |