Effect of varieties and sowing dates on disease incidence and productivity of fieldpea (Pisum sativum)
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Abstract
A field experiment of fieldpea (Pisumsativum L.) was conducted during 1989 -90 and lc)0O-91 at Ambikapur. Eady sowing (5 October) with tolerant variety Khaperkheda gave highcr grain yicld and showed lower disease incidence than Rachna and JP 789 under northern hills rcgion olMadliya Pradesh.References
Effect of varieties and sowing dates on disease incidence and productivity of fieldpea (Pisum sativum)
V. K. SINGH, R. B. S. SANGAR AND R. N. SINGH
Zonal Agricultural Research Statibn, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwu ~idvula~a, Ambikapur, Madhya Pradesh 497 001
Received: December 1994
A field experiment of fieldpea (Pisumsativum L.) was conducted during 1989 -90 and lc)0O-91 at Ambikapur. Eady sowing (5 October) with tolerant variety 'Khaperkheda' gave highcr grain yicld and showed lower disease incidence than 'Rachna' and 'JP 789' under northern hills rcgion ol'Madliya Pradesh.
One of the possible ways to boost-up the productivity of any crop is to grow the dis- ease-resistant and higher-yielding varieties at suitable time of sowing. In present study, therefore, an attempt was made to find out suitable sowing time and variety of pea for higher production under agro-climatic con- ditions of northern hills region of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A field trial was conducted for 2 years during the winter (rabi)season of 1989-90 1990-91 at Ambikapur, Madhya Pradesh. The soil of the experimental site was sandy loam having pH 6.5, available N, P and K were 110, 11 and 270 kgha respectively. The treatments consisted of 4 sowing dates (5,25 October, 14 November and 4 Decem- ber) and 3 varieties ('Khaperkheda', 'Rachna' and 'JP 789'). The experiment was laid out in split-plot design keeping sowing dates in main plots and varieties in sub-plots replicated thrice. The crop was planted in rows 30 cm apart using 80 kg seed rateha. A uniform basal application of 20 kg N, 60 kg P,O, and 30 kg Y,Oha was done at sowing. Three irrigations at branch- ing, flowering and grain-filling stage were given to crop. The crop sown on 5 October and 25 October harvested 140, 142 and 13 1, 133 days after sowing
