Effect of varietal performance on growth attributes and yields of lentil varieties under red and lateritic soil of West Bengal

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2013-14 and 2014-15 at Agriculture Farm of Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal to find out the varietal performance of different promising entries of lentil on growth attributes and yield. Tendifferent varieties viz. Subrata, Asha, Ranjan, HUL 57, BM 6, BM 7, PL 406, KLS 218, Moitree and PL 6 was studied in a randomized block design (RBD), replicated thrice. Different growth and yield attributes were measured in the experiment to find out the suitable variety of lentil for the red and lateritic soil zone of West Bengal. The lentil variety PL-406 showed maximum growth potentiality among the other varieties just followed by another long duration lentil variety KLS-218. The lentil variety PL-406 showed maximum growth potentiality among the other varieties just followed by another long duration variety KLS 218. Highest grain yield was obtained from the variety Ranjan (789 kg ha ) respectively. From the result of the present experiment, it can be concluded that the variety PL 406 gave maximum vegetative growth, whereas the variety Ranjan produce maximum yield and found most potential variety among other lentil varieties under red and lateritic soil of West Bengal.

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“…On the other hand, the assimilates in the cultivar HM-1 may have been translocated more into the sink portion of the plant (i.e., seed) rather than in vegetative growth. Similar findings were reported by Biswas and co-workers [36]. The biological yield of lentils remained statistically comparable with all the cultivars in both years.…”

“…Along with this, the Harvest Index of HM-1 was much higher as compared to Sapna and Garima, which also gave it a higher yield. Additionally, cultivar HM-1 produced a high number of primary and secondary branches (12.22-12.25 vs. 9.54-9.64 plant −1 ), and thereafter pods per plant (106-108 vs. 69-73) [33], which directly contributed to the seed yield and, thus, its superiority over Sapna and The variation in seed yield of different lentil cultivars has been reported by various researchers [34][35][36]. The stover yield of cultivar Sapna (1.86-1.90 Mg ha −1 ) closely followed by Garima (1.82-1.87 Mg ha −1 ) was significantly greater than HM-1 (1.68-1.73 Mg ha −1 ) (Table 1).…”

Efficient nutrient management for enhancing crop productivity, quality and nutrient dynamics in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in the semi-arid region of northern India

“…While in cultivar HM-1, photosynthetic assimilates may have been translocated more in the sink region of the plant (i.e., seed) than in vegetative growth. Similar findings were reported by Biswas et al [50]. In both years, the biological yield of lentils remained statistically equivalent across all cultivars.…”

“…Furthermore, the higher Yield in HM-1 was also associated with its higher branch production and pods per plant, which contributed to the seed yield and its supremacy over Sapna and Garima. Various researchers have noted differences in seed output across different crops [47,48] as well as lentil cultivars also [49,50]. Sapna, shortly followed by Garima, produced substantially more stover than HM-1.…”