Performance of Different Lentil varieties under varying Sowing Time in Eastern Semi-arid Sub Zone of Haryana

Author: Meena Sewhag, D.S. Ahlawat, Neeraj Pawar, Ajay Singh and Gurdeep Singh Malhi

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Abstract

Determination of optimum sowing time of Lentil varieties is important as declining temperatures may affect the final yield. There is limited information available on the optimum sowing date for lentil in waterlogged saline soil of Rohtak. So, field study were conducted during rabi season of 2020-21 and 2021-2022 at Research farm of CCSHAU Regional Research Station, Rohtak to study the effects of date of sowing and varieties on phenology and agronomical traits of lentil. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with five dates of sowing viz., 30th October, 10th November, 20th November, 30th November, and 10th December in main plots and three lentil varieties viz., Sapna, HM 1 and Garima in sub plots replicated thrice. Overall results depicted that significantly more number of days was taken to attain 50% flowering, 50 % podding and maturity in 30th October sown crop than other sowing dates. Delayed sowing of lentil upto 10th December resulted in 15.43%, 14.80% and 14.63 % lower seed yield than 30th October, 10th November, and 20th November sown lentil respectively. Lentil variety Sapna is being at par with HM1 recorded significantly higher seed yield than Garima at all the dates of sowing, except in case of 30th November sown lentil where seed yield recorded in variety HM 1 was significantly higher than Sapna and Garima varieties. The crop sown on 30th October is at par with 10th and 20th November sown crop produced significantly higher seed yield over 30th November and 10th December sown crop. Among different lentil varieties Sapna being at par with HM 1 produced significantly higher seed yield and better yield attributes (100 seed weight, Number of pods/plant and No. of grains/pod) than Garima (1291 kg/ha). Both Sapna and HM1 varieties performed better than Garima variety at all the dates of sowing. In 30th November sown lentil, seed yield recorded in variety HM 1 was significantly higher than Sapna while Sapna outperforms rest two varieties (HM1 and Garima) at all the dates of sowing.

Keywords

Lentil, sowing date, variety, seed yield, Garima, Sapna and HM 1

Conclusion

It may be concluded that October 30th sown lentil crop being at par with 10th, 20th and 30th November sown crop produced 18.14 % higher seed yield than 10th December sown crop. Lentil variety Sapna outperforms rest two varieties (HM 1 and Garima) at all the dates of sowing, except in case of 30th November sown lentil where seed yield recorded in variety HM 1 was significantly higher than Sapna and Garima varieties.

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Meena Sewhag, D.S. Ahlawat, Neeraj Pawar, Ajay Singh and Gurdeep Singh Malhi (2023). Performance of Different Lentil varieties under varying Sowing Time in Eastern Semi-arid Sub Zone of Haryana. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(5): 339-342.