STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF CULTIVARS, SOWING DATES AND SPACING ON GROWTH AND YIELD IN FRENCH BEAN
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2020-09
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UHF,NAUNI
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The present investigation titled “Studies on the Effect of Cultivars, Sowing Dates and
Spacing on Growth and Yield in French bean” was carried out at the Experimental Farm of
Department of Vegetable Science, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and
Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Kharif season, 2019. The experiment consisted of 12 (twelve)
treatment combinations which were laid out in Randomized Block Design (factorial) having 3
replications of each treatment. The study comprised of 2 (two) cultivars i.e. Lakshmi and SVM-1, 3
(three) dates of sowing i.e. 20th July, 5th August and 20th August and 2 (two) different plant spacings
i.e. 90 × 15 cm and 90 × 30 cm. The plot size was 3.6 × 3 m. The observations were recorded on days
to first harvest, pod length (cm), pod width (cm), number of pods per plant, green pod weight (g), pod
yield per plot (kg) and per hectare (q), plant height (cm), number of seeds per pod, 100 seed weight
(g), seed yield per plot (kg) and per hectare (q), germination percent, seedling length (cm), seedling
dry weight (mg), seed vigour index-I and seed vigour index-II, protein content (%) and per cent
disease severity of bean rust. Analysis of variance showed significant difference among all the
treatment combination for most of the characters under study. It was revealed that sowing of French
bean variety Lakshmi on the second fortnight of July at a spacing of 90 × 15 cm gave the best results
in terms of growth and seed yield characters. This variety also recorded less incidence of disease and
maximum net returns of ` 390,288/- per hectare. Similarly, sowing of variety SVM-1 on the second
fortnight of July at a spacing of 90 × 15 cm performed well for most of the characters.