Kumar, N. and Gopinath, K.A. and Srivastava, A.K. and Mahajan, V. (2008) Performance of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) at different sowing dates in the mid-hills of Indian Himalaya. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science , 54 (5). pp. 507-514.
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Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) is one of the most important tropical legumes in world. But its cultivation is limited to the hilly regions of India. A field experiment was conducted during kharif (wet) seasons of 2004 and 2005 to find out the optimum sowing time of pigeon pea in the mid-hills of north-west Himalaya. Significant difference in growth, yield attributes and yield were recorded due to different dates of sowing. Plant height, branches plant−1, grains plant−1 and grain weight plant−1 were affected due to late sowing on 20 June and 30 June, when compared to 20 May to 10 June sowing. Test weight decreased in 30 June sowing, under earlier sowing dates. Mean grain yield was highest in 30 May sowing (1.34 Mg ha−1) followed by 20 May sowing (1.30 Mg ha−1) whereas, it was only 0.66 Mg ha−1 under 30 June sowing. Harvest index under 20 May to 20 June sowing were on a par and significantly superior over 30 June sowing. Days to 50% flowering and heat unit required for 50% flowering were almost similar for 20 May to 10 June sowing and increased under 20 and 30 June sowing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | pigeon pea, sowing date, yield, heat unit, |
| Author Affiliation: | Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (VPKAS), Almora, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Production > Production Practices Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Pigeonpea |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2012 09:03 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2012 09:03 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03650340802287018 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4132 |
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