Effect of Sowing Dates and Varieties on Growth and Yield Attributes of Field Pea (Pisum sativum) under Different Micro-environment
Naveen Kumar Bind
Department of Agrometeorology, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
Siddhant Gupta *
Department of Agrometeorology, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
Chinmaya Kumar Sahu
Department of Agrometeorology, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
Aditya Raturi
School of Agriculture Science and Technology, RIMT University, Mandi, Punjab, India.
Ravi Kiran
Department of Agrometeorology, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
Harsh Bodh Paliwal
Department of Environmental Science and NRM, SHUATS, Prayagraj, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season 2019-20 to study the “Effect of sowing dates and varieties on growth and yield attributes of field Pea (Pisum sativum) under different micro-environment in Prayagraj condition U.P. The pace of development from emergence to maturity for many plants depends on the daily air temperature, unless other environmental conditions like moisture stress them. In order for plants to progress from one stage of their life cycle to the next, they need a certain quantity of heat. The driving factor behind all biological activity is temperature. Crop growth and production are influenced by temperature changes that also occur in the canopy. Experiment was carried on Field pea varieties Rachna, Malviya-15 (HUDP-15), Aparna in subplot treatments sown on three dates of 15th November, 30th November and 15th December in main-plot treatments in a RBD design with three replications. Sowing dates and varieties showed significant effect on plant height, days taken to (%) flowering and pods/plant.
Keywords: Environment, temperature, moisture, biological activity, crop, RBD