Economic Evaluation of Safflower as Influenced by Different Sowing Dates and Varieties

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different sowing dates and varieties on yield and economics of safflower for Vidarbha Region in Maharashtra. The treatments include 3 sowing dates (D₁-37^th MW, D₂-39^th MW, D₃-41^st MW) and 4 varieties (V₁-Bhima, V₂-AKS207, V₃-PKV-Pink, V₄-AKS-325). The experimental results indicated that sowing of variety Bhima in 41^st Meteorological Week (MW) registered significantly maximum yield attributes viz., number of capitula plant⁻¹, capitula weight plant⁻¹, number of seeds capitula⁻¹, weight of seed capitula⁻¹, seed weight plant⁻¹, seed yield ha⁻¹, net monetary returns ha⁻¹and B: C ratio for Vidarbha Region in Maharashtra as compared to rest of the treatment combination.