EFFECT OF VARIETY AND SOWING DATE ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF LENTIL (Lens culinaris)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at the Shcr-c-I3angla Agricultural University farm. Dhaka. during October 2008 to April 2009 to study the effect of variety and sowing date on growth and yield of lentil. The study included four varieties, viz.. BARI Masur-3. BARI Masur-4. BARI Masur-5 and BARI Masur-6. and Ibur sowing dates. vi ... 06 November. 16 November, 26 November and 06 December. The experiment was laid-out in Randomized Complete Block Design. The growth parameters were studied at 20. 30, 40, 50. 60 days atier sowing (DAS) and at harvest. Results showed that variety and sowing date had signilicant influence on all the plant characters studied. the plant height, number of branches per plant. dry matter content in plant at all the growth stages, seed and stover yield were found highest in BARI Masur-6 and lowest in BARI Mastir-3: whereas. these parameters were found highest and lowest on sowing 26 November and 06 December. respectively. Sowing BARI Masur-6 on 26 November gave the highest seed (2.60 t ha'') and stover (3.42 t ha'') yield that similar to the same variety sowing on o6 November and 16 November; whereas, sowing BARI Masur-3 on 06 December gave the lowesi seed yield. Results suggested that sowing BARI Masur-6 on 06 to 26 November was desirable for higher seed yield under AFZ 28 conditions.