PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF GARDEN PEAS (Pisum sativum L.) FOR GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY UNDER OPEN FIELD AND SHADE HOUSE CONDITIONS
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2022-06-28
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
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An Experiment was conducted at Department of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru during rabi season of 2018-19 and 2019-20, with fifteen varieties of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) to study their growth, yield and quality by adapting Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications under open field and shade house conditions. The study under open field condition revealed significant differences with Arka Karthik registering greater height of plant (86.11 cm), more number of branches per plant (14.88), length of internode (7.41 cm), number of pods per plant (20.29), length of pod (10.30 cm), wider green pod (2.66 cm), weight of pod (9.42 g), yield of pods per plant (185.80 g) and per hectare (217.75 q ha-1). Under shade house condition, Arka Apoorva registered significant vegetative growth, yield of pods per plant (92.62 g) and per hectare (157.50 q ha-1). With respect to Post harvest quality parameters, under open field condition, higher protein content (25.18 %) and firmness (24.55 N) were registered with Arka Karthik and under shade house condition, higher protein content (23.31% ) was registered with PSM-4. Yield of pods per plant exhibited significant and positive correlation with many of growth and yield attributes under open field and shade house conditions. Among 15 varieties of Garden Pea, highest Benefit: Cost ratio was registered with Arka Karthik (5.84) under open field condition and with Arka Apoorva (3.31) under shade house condition.