Debasmita Das, Nirmala Patel and Dr. SK Biswasi

A Field experiment was carried out during rabi 2018-2020 at RRTTSS, Kirei, Sundargarh district of Odisha to assess “Weather effects on growth parameters of blackgram cultivars under different sowing dates in North Western Plateau zone of Odisha”. Three varieties (PU31, IPU 0243 and OBG41) were sown at spacing of 30 x 10 cm² under five sowing dates viz., 8^th November’ 19, 23^rd November’ 19, 8^th December’ 19, 23^rd December’ 19 and 7^th January’ 20. The experiment was laid out in FRBD with fifteen treatments and three replications. The treatment D₁V₁ (8^th November and variety PU-31) was found significantly superior with respect to plant growth parameters over all other treatments. It was observed that when all varieties were sown on first date (8^th November), highest growth was obtained whereas least growth was attained when sown on fourth date (23^rd December).

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