Volume 4 Issue 1

Response of new mungbean genotypes to sowing time during spring-summer in West Bengal

Author(s): M. K. BHOWMICK, R. SADHUKHAN AND P. K. SAHA
Abstract: Field trials were conducted at the Pulses and Oilseeds Research Sub-station, Beldanga,Murshidabad (West Bengal) during pre-kharif season of 2004 and 2005 to optimize sowing time suitable for growing new mungbean genotypes WBM 4-34-1-1 (Bireshwar) and WBM 29 (Sukumar) in West Bengal. Though the genotype WBM 29 significantly yielded the highest (983.28 kg ha·1) and was followed by WBM 4-34-1-1 (869.90 kg ha·1), the latter matured earlier than the others including B 1 (state check) and PDM 54 (national check). Sowing on second week of March resulted in higher growth and yields of all the genotypes excepting PDM 54, which performed better under sowing on first week of March.

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