Influence of Sowing Date on Phenology, Biometric, and Yield of Mungbean (Vigna radiata) Cultivars in Chitwan, Nepal
Table 5
Effect of different sowing dates and selected cultivars on grain yield (kg·ha−1), biological yield (kg·ha−1), and harvest index of spring mungbean at AFU, Rampur, Chitwan, 2019.
Treatments
Parameters measured
Grain yield (kg·ha−1)
Biological yield (kg·ha−1)
Harvest Index (%)
Date of planting (D)
D1 = February-13
1799b
5777
31.11c
D2 = February-28
1903b
5687
33.45bc
D3 = March-15
2105a
5895
35.70ab
D4 = March-30
2223a
5962
37.17a
SEm (±)
72.50
121.40
0.62
LSD (0.05)
177.3
Ns
1.53
CV (%)
4.40
4.60
2.20
Cultivars (V)
V1 = Kalyan
1848b
5620c
32.83a
V2 = Partikshya
1983ab
5765bc
34.34a
V3 = Partigya
2080a
5903ab
35.20a
V4 = Pant-5
2119a
6032a
35.07a
SEM (±)
75.60
106.50
0.95
LSD (0.05)
156.1
219.8
ns
CV (%)
9.20
4.50
6.70
Grand mean
2007
5830
34.36
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.