Effect of crop management techniques to maximize seed yield attributes of sesame Cv. VRI2 & VRI3

Abstract

A Field experiment was conducted at the Department of seed science and technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during kharif 2019 to study the effect of crop management techniques to maximize seed yield attributes of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) (2n =26). Because of the lower production and productivity of sesame due to its cultivation in rainfed & rice fallow areas of marginal and sub-marginal lands with poor management practices the study was undertaken with two nippings at terminal bud on different days of the crop i.e., 45th & 60th DAS followed by foliar application of different plant growth regulators in two varieties viz., VRI2 and VRI3. The experiment revealed that, nipping of sesame crop at 45th DAS followed by foliar spray with Brassinolide @ 0.5 ppm found to be the best crop management treatments to improve seed yield attributes of sesame in both varieties.