The present study was carried out at Research cum Instructional Farm of College of Horticulture and Research Station, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, during the Rabi season of 2021 to investigate the selection of superior radish varieties having high yield potential with better quality root for Bastar plateau. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design (RBD) with fifteen treatments and three replications. The fifteen varieties of radish, used for study as treatments were viz. Pusa Chetki, Pusa Mridula, Pusa Shweta, Pusa Gulabi, Pusa Jamuni, Kashi Hans, Kashi Muli 40, Kashi Lohit, Chinese Pink, MRH111, Snow White, Mino Early, Ivory White, R-30 and Palak Patta (check). The growth attributing characters of radish varieties expressed in terms of days to 50 per cent germination and days to harvest were significantly the earliest in Pusa Mridula (6.33 and 47.33 respectively); plant height, fresh weight of roots, dry weight of roots, root yield (kg plot-1) and root yield (t ha-1) were the maximum in Kashi Lohit (37.69 cm, 153.75 g, 26.27 g, 7.69 kg plot-1 and 38.44 t ha-1) respectively number of leaves plant-1, East-West spread of the plant, fresh weight of leaf and leaf area index in Pusa Jamuni (13.33, 33.43 cm, 109.59 g and 5.47 respectively); North-South spread of the plant in Ivory White (46.50 cm); fresh and dry weight of plant in Kashi Muli-40 (254.93 g and 30.28 g respectively), dry weight of leaf in Mino Early (11.00 g) While, Pusa Gulabi recorded the maximum leaf yield kg plot-1 and leaf yield t ha1 (5.48 kg plot-1 and 27.40 t ha-1 respectively). Among all the treatments significantly higher length of root (31.03 cm), diameter of root (5.65 cm) and root to shoot ratio (2.17) at harvest were observed in variety R-30, Pusa Chetki and Kashi Hans respectively. The results depicted that Kashi Lohit produced significantly the maximum net income, gross income and benefit-cost ratio (Rs 3,84,373.30 ha-1; Rs 2,87,580.30 ha-1 and 2.97 respectively) among the other treatments.
Information about agricultural trends can help policymakers identify strategies that will result in a sustained rise in food output. The present investigation has been undertaken to study the Growth, Trend and Instability in Area, Production and Productivity of Wheat Crop in Chhattisgarh Plains. Time series data for wheat were collected for the period (1990-91 to 2014-15). The linear, quadratic and exponential functions are fitted in order to analyse the trend in area, production and productivity of wheat crop. Besides these compound growth rate, coefficient of variation, instability index of area, production and productivity of this crop have also been recorded. In the entire Chhattisgarh Plains, the average compound growth rate for wheat area is (0.41%). Dhamtari District has the lowest compound growth rate (-8.22%) while Raigarh District has the highest (3.4%) under wheat-growing areas. The negative growth rate under area of wheat in Dhamtari district is causing a switch from winter wheat to summer rice. The average compound growth rate of wheat production across the entire Chhattisgarh Plains is positive (2.42%), which is a good indicator of the rising trend in wheat production in the Chhattisgarh Plains. The highest compound growth rate of wheat production is found in Kawardha District (7.62%), while the lowest is in Dhamtari District (-4.33%).The average compound growth rate for wheat productivity across the entire Chhattisgarh Plains is (1.51%), with Kawardha District having the highest rate (5.00%) and Raigarh District having the lowest (0.60%).
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