Influence of Sowing Date on Phenology, Biometric, and Yield of Mungbean (Vigna radiata) Cultivars in Chitwan, Nepal

Table 3

Effect of different sowing dates and selected cultivars on number of leaves, plant height, and above-ground dry matter of spring mungbean at AFU, Rampur, Chitwan, 2019.

Treatments	No of leaves	Plant height (cm) matter (%)	Above ground dry
	75 DAS	75 DAS	75 DAS
Date of planting (D)
D1 = February-13	11.57^bc	52.44^b	403.00^c
D2 = February-28	11.31^c	57.57^a	425.39^bc
D3 = March-15	12.28^ab	56.56^a	450.73^b
D4 = March-30	12.75^a	58.92^a	505.12^a
SEM (±)	0.30	1.60	16.76
LSD (0.05)	0.71	3.9	41.01
CV (%)	3.10	3.50	4.60
Cultivars (V)
V1 = Kalyan	11.83^a	55.13^a	442.21^a
V2 = Partikshya	12.18^a	56.31^a	443.80^a
V3 = Partigya	12.34^a	56.46^a	447.48^a
V4 = Pant-5	11.56^a	57.61^a	450.76^a
SEM (±)	0.43	1.28	10.95
LSD (0.05)	Ns	ns	ns
CV (%)	8.90	5.60	6.00
Grand mean	11.98	56.37	446.06

Treatment mean followed by common letters within the same column are not significantly different from each other based on DMRT at a 5% level of significance.