Effect of Spacing and Phosphorus Levels on Growth and Yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)

Author: Anpur Saikiran Goud, Rajesh Singh and Punnam Chhetri

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Abstract

: A field experiment was carried out during Rabi season in 2020 at the Crop Research Farm (CRF), Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute (NAI), SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The soil of the experiment field is sandy-loamy texture. The organic carbon content is low and nitrogen, phosphorus is available in medium level and potassium is low. The treatments consisted of Spacing viz., 25 cm × 10 cm, 30 cm × 10 cm and 35 cm × 10 cm and Phosphorus levels viz., 40 kg P/ha, 50 kg P/ha and 60 kg P/ ha, whose effect is observed in lentil (K-75). The experiment was planned in a RBD (Randomized Block Design) with nine treatments replicated three times. The result showed that the treatment with 35 cm × 10 cm + P with 60 kg/ha application recorded significantly higher plant height (32.58 cm), number of branches/plant (8.60), number of nodules/plant (10.33), Dry weight of the plant (12.73 g/plant), number of pods/plant (112.00), number of seeds/pod (1.47), test weight (32.85) and

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Lentil, Spacing, Phosphorus levels and Grain yield