Effect of different dates of sowing on barley (Hordeum Valgare L.) varieties under limited irrigation

Abstract

An experiment on effect of dates of sowing on barley varieties under limited irrigation was conducted at ITM University, Gwalior, M.P. to find out optimum time for barley sowing. Four dates of sowing (9,19 and 29 November and 9 December) and four varieties (NDB-1, Super luxmi, NDB-1445 and NDB-943) were tested in split plot design. The crop sown on 19 and 29 November recorded higher dry matter, effective tillers, grain number and higher grain yield over 9 December sown crop. The varieties NDB-943 and Super luxmi recorded significantly higher tiller number, effective tillers, dry matter, number of grain per spike, 1000 grain weight, grain yield and straw yield. The gross returns, net returns and B: C ratio were higher in the crop sown with varieties NDB-943 on 19 November followed by that of Super luxmi sown on 19 November