Influence of Spacing and Zinc Levels on Growth and Yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris)

Author: Sulakshana Swargiary*, Umesha C. and Nihal Dwivedi

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Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Central Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj, (U.P.) during Rabi-2020. The soil of experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 6.7). The objectives were to evaluate the effect of spacing and zinc levels on growth and yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with nine treatment combinations consisted of three different spacing viz., S1(20 cm × 10 cm), S2 (30 cm × 10 cm), S3(40 cm × 10 cm) and three levels of Zinc viz., Z1 (4 kg ha-1), Z2 (6 kg ha-1), Z3 (8 kg ha-1) which were replicated thrice. The result shown significantly higher plant height (48.08 cm), dry weight (11.01 g), number of branches/plant (3.90), number of nodules/plant (11.63) and yield attributes viz., test weight (7.73 g), number of pods/plant (115.26), number of seeds/pod (2.57) were recorded higher with spacing of 40 cm × 10 cm along with the application of 8 kg Zn/ha wh

Keywords

Spacing, Zinc, Lentil, Yield, Crop.

Conclusion

On the basis of study, it can be concluded that for obtaining higher yield in Lentil, the treatment combination of spacing 30 cm × 10 cm along with the application of 8 kg/ha Zinc was found more productive with highest grain yield, maximum net returns and B:C ratio because of the optimum plant population and better individual plant performances together.

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How to cite this article

Swargiary, S., Umesha C. and Dwivedi, N. (2021). Influence of Spacing and Zinc Levels on Growth and Yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 114-117.