On farm assessments of mustard varieties at farmers’ fields in humid south-eastern plain zone of Rajasthan
On farm assessments of mustard varieties at farmers’ fields
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21921/jas.v9i01.9904Keywords:
Mustard, varieties, yield, yield attributes economicsAbstract
On farm trials were conducted during Rabi 2016-17 and 2017-18, to study the comparative performance of Mustard Varieties at Farmers Fields in Humid South-Eastern Plain Zone (V) of Rajasthan. Treatment comprising four newly released mustard varieties i.e. RH 749 (T1), NRCHB 101 (T2), DRMRIJ 31 (T3) and NRCDR 2 (T4) compared with local check Bio 902 (T5). During both the year of study, mustard variety DRMRIJ 31 (T3) revealed significantly higher yield attributing characters (number of primary branches, number of secondary branches and number of siliqua per plant), seed yield, gross return, net return and benefit cost ratio over RH 749 (T1), NRCHB 101 (T2), NRCDR 2 (T4) and Bio 902 (T5) but at par with NRCHB 101 (T2) and NRCDR 2 (T4) in respect to seed yield, gross return, net return and benefit cost ratio during 2017-18. On mean basis, mustard variety DRMRIJ 31 (T3) gave 19.46, 9.27, 14.07 and 22.39 per cent higher seed yield over RH 749 (T1), NRCHB 101 (T2), NRCDR 2 (T4), and BIO 902 (T5), respectively. Variety RH 749 (T1) recorded significantly higher test weight over rest of the treatments but at par with DRMRIJ 31 (T3) and NRCHB 101 (T2) during 2016-17 and with DRMRIJ 31 (T3) during 2017-18.
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