Yield and Yield Components of Horsegram as Influenced by GenotypesPlant Densities and Phosphorus Levels
B.S. Keshava, A.S. Halepyati, B.T. Pujari, B.K. Desai
Abstract
A field experiment was carried out during kharif, 2004-05 under rainfed conditions on medium black soil of Agricultural College Farm, Raichur. The significantly higher seed yield was recorded with genotype GPM-6 (988.45 kg ha-1) due to higher number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, thousand seed weight and threshing percentage as compared to Hebbal huruli-2 and local cultivar. Plant density of 4.44 lakh ha-1 produced significantly higher seed yield (912.36 kg ha-1) and it was 26 and 60 per cent higher than that produced at plant density of 3.33 and 2.66 lakh ha-1, respectively. Application of 60 kg P2O5 ha-1 produced significantly higher seed yield (788.82 kg ha-1) as compared to 0 kg P2O5 ha-1 and it was on par with the application of 30 kg P2O5 ha-1.
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