Influence of Row Direction and Spacing on Growth, Yield and Oil Content of Toria (Brassica compestris)
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Author:Abhishek Chauhan, Rajesh Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Pawar Hemant, K. Vinayakrao and Ajaykumar
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:99, Issue:oct-dec
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100178
Abstract
A Field experiment was conducted to study the effect of row direction and row spacing on
growth, yield and oil content of toria. The treatments consisted of two row directions (North-
South and East-West) and four row spacings (25, 30, 35 and 40 cm). Among the row directions,
maximum plant height (108.57 cm), number of primary branches/plant (6.63), number of
secondary branches/plant (11.44) and plant dry weight (33.82 g) were recorded under North-
South direction, whereas, among the row spacing, maximum plant height (113.94 cm), number
of primary branches/plant (8.33), number of secondary branches/plant (14.91) and plant dry
weight (34.92 g) were recorded with wider (40 cm) row spacing. The results indicated that
maximum number of siliqua per plant (295.08), number of seeds per siliqua (15.85), test
weight (3.51 g), seed yield (11.63 q ha -1 ), harvest index (26.94 %) and oil content (38.41 %) were
obtained under north-south row direction, whereas, amongst the row spacings the highest
number of siliqua per plant (353.83), number of seeds per siliqua (16.77), test weight (3.81 g),
seed yield (14.75 q ha -1 ), harvest index (29.56 %) and oil content (41.33 %) were recorded under
40 cm row spacing.
Key words : Toria (Brassica compestris), North–south row direction, East-West row direction,row spacings.