Effect of spacing and fertilizer levels on growth and yield of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Abstract

The experiment was laid out during rabi 2023-24 at the experimental farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S.). The experiment was laid out in split-plot design comprising 3 Spacing (S1-30x10 cm, S2-45x10 cm, S3-60x10 cm) as main plot with 4 different fertilizer levels (F1-125% RDF, F2-100% RDF, F3-75% RDF, F4-Control) as sub plot in three replications. The results revealed that treatment S2 (45x10 cm) significantly recorded the highest growth attributes like number of branches plant-1 (6.17), number of functional leaves plant-1 (22.78), and yield attributes like seed yield plant-1 (7.54 g), number of pods plant-1 (9.85), number of seeds pod-1 (3.38), pod dry wt. plant-1 (9.10 g), and seed yield (1305 kg ha-1), straw yield (1679 kg ha-1), biological yield (2984 kg ha-1). Significantly highest plant height was observed in S1 (30x10 cm). Among fertilizer levels, treatment F1 (125% RDF) recorded significantly highest growth and yield parameters like plant height (32.85 cm), number of branches plant-1 (6.24), number of functional leaves plant-1 (24.53), seed yield plant- 1 (6.83 g), pod dry wt. plant-1 (7.73g), number of pods plant-1 (9.93), seed yield (1447 kg ha-1), straw yield (1807 kg ha-1), biological yield (3254 kg ha-1) over the treatment F3 (75% RDF) and F4 (Control) and was found at par with the treatment F2 (100% RDF) for all growth and yield parameters.