Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences(An International Journal)
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 2

Refinement of sowing techniques of soybean (Glycine max)

  • Author:
  • Ashish Kumar Chandrakar, Chandresh Kumar Chandrakar, Aparna Jaiswal, Deepshikha Manu
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 163 to 164

Department of Agronomy, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh, India

*Email of corresponding author: chandrakar22@gmail.com

Online published on 13 October, 2015.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2008–09 at Research Farm of Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, College of Agriculture, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) for evaluating the sowing techniques of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill.]. Ridge method of sowing and 30 cm x 10 cm planting geometry with plant population of 333333 plants ha-1and 5 cm depth of sowing showed promising effect on growth parameters and yield attributes and higher income in soybean.

Keywords

Sowing depth, Sowing method, Soybean, Spacing