Dhanshree B. Jadhav
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted on Growth and yield of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) varieties as influenced by different spacings during kharif season of 2017. The soil of experimental plot was medium and black in color with good drainage. Soil of experimental plot was clayey in texture with chemical composition such as low in available nitrogen (119.31 kg ha-1), medium in available phosphorous (17.86 kg ha-1) and very high in available potassium (498.58 kg ha-1). The soil was moderately alkaline in reaction having pH (7.8). The results from experiments revealed that, the growth parameters such as number of functional branches per plant (5.57), leaf area per plant (20.88 dm2) and number of nodules per plant (24.83), the yield parameters viz. pod yield per plant (7.55 g), seeds yield per pod (6.30 g), and straw yield ( 2710 kg ha-1) and economic studies include GMR and NMR (85330 and 54023 Rs ha-1, respectively) were found significantly superior by adopted larger spacing of 45 X 10 cm as compared to other spacings and among the two different varieties, the konkan safed recorded highest values of above parameters than Konkan sadabahar. The interaction effect for all the growth, yield and quality parameters were noted non significant for cowpea crop.