Import of oilseed crops has increased tremendously from the last few decades due to less production and productivity of crops of brassicaceae family. Introduction of new crop was the need of hour so as to get an alternate option for other oilseed crops. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block design assigning date of sowing (Factor A), plant geometry (Factor B) with three replications to assess the effect of date of sowing and plant geometry performance of Chia. The experiment was conducted at Experimental farm, Agriculture Research Station, Mandor-Jodhpur (Agricultural University, Jodhpur) in the year 2016-17. Factor A consisted of Four different date of sowing viz., 25th October (D1), 5th November (D2), 15th November (D3) and 25th November(D4) and factor B consisted of four varying plant geometry viz., 30 cm × 30 cm (P1), 45 cm × 30 cm (P2), 60 cm × 45 cm (P3) 90 cm × 45 cm (P4). Data on biological yield revealed 25th October as best date of sowing of Chia (13505.49 kg ha-1). On the other hand, plant geometry of 30 cm × 30 cm (P1) also recorded highest values for biological yield (20226.35 kg ha-1). Consequently, data on seed and husk yield per hectare revealed that 25th October (D1) date of sowing and plant geometry with 45 cm × 30 cm (P2) recorded significantly higher seed yield and husk yield per hectare than rest of the treatments.

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– Biological yield per hectare was recorded maximum with D1 (25th October sowing) and P1 (closer spacing of 30 cm × 30 cm) which was significantly higher over rest of treatments. – Seed and husk yield per hectare was found maximum with D1 (25thOctober sowing) which was significantly higher over rest of dates of sowing. Among plant geometry, P2 (45 cm × 30 cm) recorded significantly higher seed and husk yield per hectare followed by P1 (30 cm × 30 cm).

Anjali Jingar, Manpreet Singh Preet, Anuj Kumar and Moola Ram (2023). Response of Date of Sowing and Crop Geometry on Yield Potential of Chia under Tropical conditions. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(8): 470-473.