Response of Sowing Dates and Fertilizer Levels on Growth, Yield and Quality of Sesamum (Sesamum Indicum L.)

Growth, yield and weed control of summer sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.) under varying sowing dates and weed management practices

“…Whereas, 2nd Week of February (D1) recorded significantly the lowest plant height at harvest (87.45 cm). Taller plants observed with D2 (3rd Week of February) might be due to favourable weather conditions during the crop growth period resulting in higher rate of photosynthesis which directly influenced the plant height [9] . Among the weed management practices (Table 1), the treatment W2 (Weed free) recorded significantly higher plant height at harvest (99.65 cm) which was statistically at par with the treatments W5 (Pendimethalin @ 0.75 kg a.i./ha as preemergence (PE) + one hand weeding (HW) at 30 DAS) (98.91 cm) and W3 (Hand weeding (HW) at 20 DAS and 40 DAS) (94.61 cm).…”