Investigating the effect of date of sowing on growth and yield of chia (Salvia hispanica L.)

Abstract

A field study was conducted to determine the effect of different date of sowing on the growth and yield of chia ((Salvia hispanica L.) Randomized complete block design with three replication. The experiment was conducted at Experimental farm, Agriculture Research Station, Mandor-Jodhpur (Agricultural University, Jodhpur) in the year 2016-17. There is four date of sowing viz., 25th October (D1), 05th November (D2), 15th November (D3) and 25th November(D4) in the experiment. The study revealed that the crop sown on 25th October gave highest plant height (77.42 cm), number of inflousence per plant (49.47) and seed yield (685.44 kg per ha).