Performance of Garden Pea Genotypes in Eastern Hills of Nepal

Abstract

Garden pea (Pisum sativum L) is an important winter legume used as fresh vegetables and other drier food products. Despite of its importance as cash crop in many parts of Nepal, much study on various aspects for enhancing production and productivity has yet to be done. Therefore, to evaluate the production performance different genotypes of garden pea in eastern hills agro-ecological conditions present experiments were carried out consecutively for two years (2015 and 2016) at Agricultural Research Station, Pakhribas. The experiment comprised of 11 different genotypes of garden pea including a check variety Arkel. The production performance was evaluated in a completely randomized block design with three replications. The seeds were sown at 50 × 10 cm spacing during first week of October for two years. The result showed that DGP-05 genotype had earliest 104 days after sowing. The DGP-08 genotype showed 13 which were the maximum numbers of pods per plant (13), while DGP-01 showed 8 numbers of seeds as the maximum per pod. The DGP-03 genotype had the longest pod of 9.78 cm among others. The highest fresh pod yield of 18.14 t/ha was achieved from genotype DGP-09 followed by Arkel with (16.32 t/ha).

Evaluation of Growth and Yield Characters of Garden Pea Genotypes at Dailekh, Mid-Western Nepal

“…The number of pod/plant is a variable trait and this result is in agreement with the results of Lakic et al (2017).Genotypes showed the significant variation in green pod yield/plant which indicates differential response of genotypes of this character. Similar results were reported by previous researchers (Chadha et al, 2010;Khichi et al, 2017;Poudel et al, 2017). In the study of Ei-dakkak (2016), he reported the maximum (215.3 g) green pod yield/plant in genotype of pea but our study showed that the maximum (240.5 g) green pod yield/plant.…”

“…Number of seed/pod is the important yield attributing characters and this showed highly significant differences among the pea genotypes. In the study of Poudel et al (2017), they reported 6 to 8 seeds/pod which is much close to this finding. Choudhary and Sharma (2004) had also reported the similar findings in the study of pea cultivars.…”

“…Two varieties (Sikkim Local and Arkel) released in pea so far in Nepal are not addressed properly to grow in diverse environment as well as to meet the needs of farmers. In the past, several studies were carried out in order to evaluate plant and yield characters in pea genotypes in Nepal (Poon et al, 2004;Poudel et al, 2017;Lohani et al, 2017). However, study on the selection of high yielding with powdery mildew disease resistance in different pea breeding lines are not undertaken so far.…”

Financial Profitability And Resource Productivity Analysis Of Garden Pea (Pisum Sativum L.) Production In Dhankuta, Nepal

“…Garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a most important vegetable cash crop in Eastern hill of Nepal. Fresh green seeds, tender pods, green immature peas and dry peas have always high market demand (Poudel et al, 2017). It is an annual winter leguminous food crop having always high demand in market.…”

Performance of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) genotypes for growth and yield characters at Dailekh, Karnali Province, Nepal

“…Yield is a complex character which depend on genetic and environmental factors (Singh 1990). In the past, studies were carried out in the evaluation of different pea genotypes in Nepal (Poon et al 2004, Poudel et al 2017and Luitel et al 2021, still the selection of pea genotypes with regard to powdery mildew disease and yield have not been undertaken. Therefore, the present study was conducted to select high yielding and powdery mildew resistant pea genotypes under the sub-tropical climatic condition at Dailekh, Karnali Province.…”