Effect of varietal performance on growth and yield parameter at different day stage in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) crop

Abstract

The present experiment was conduct to find out the character association in radish genotypes during the year 2014-15 at research farm, Udai Pratap Autonomous College, Varanasi. Observations viz., plant height, no. of leaves per plant, leaves length, leaves width, leaf weight, root length, root thickness, fresh weight of root, leaf: root length ratio, leaf: root weight ratio, and root yield, recorded at 15, 30 and 45 DAS. The silent findings of the experimentation are as Using 9 genotype namely, Suneha, Pusa hillqueen, Panjob Pasand, Hongkong-11, Snow white, Pusa Reshmi, White icicle, Pusa Himani, Japanese White of radish the early stages Pusa Himani, Pusa hill queen and Pusa Reshmi a rapid increase in plant height was noted during early stages of growth up to 30 DAS. There was a significant variation regarding the plant height between the nine varieties. The lowest leaf weight was recorded in Hong kong-11 (T-4, 10.4 g) and maximum in Pusa Himani (T-3, 17.56 g) at 15 DAS. At the harvesting stage maximum number of leaves per plant was recorded in Pusa Himani (T-3, 13.66) variety and was found significantly superior to other varieties. Data on the leaf length were recorded maximum leaf length in Pusa Reshmi (T-2, 18.80 cm) and minimum leaf length was recorded in Suneha (T-1, 11.63 cm). At 30 DAS maximum leaf width recorded in Pusa Reshmi (T-2, 7.43 cm) and minimum leaf width in Suneha (T-1, 5.26 cm) at harvesting stage maximum root length was recorded in variety Pusa Himani (T-3, 24.40 cm) and minimum root length recorded in Suneha (T-1, 19.00 cm). Maximum root thickness recorded in Pusa Himani (T-3, 5.26 cm) at harvesting stage. Variety White icecle (T-9, 1.62) reported maximum leaf: root ratio and was significantly superior other varieties and minimum in variety Snow white (T-5, 0.60) at 15 DAS. However, leaf: root weight ratio in the variety Pusa hill queen (T-7, 0.82) was found maximum and minimum in the variety Pusa Reshmi (T-2, 0.62) at 45 DAS. T The maximum freash root weight was recorded in the variety Pusa Himani (T-3, 85.53 g) and minimum in the variety Suneha (T-1, 63.80 g) at 30 DAS. The maximum yield at harvest time was recorded in the variety Pusa Himani (T-3, 33.14 t/ha) which was followed by Pusa Reshmi (T-2, 32.65 t/ha) and Japanese white (T-8, 32.28 t/ha).