1Senior Scientist (Agronomy), Division of Crop Research, ICAR-Research complex for eastern region, Patna, Bihar800 014
2Scien-tist (Agronomy), Division of Crop Research, ICAR-Research Compex for Eastern Region, PatnaBihar800 014
3Director, Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh482 004
4Head (A), Division of Crop Research, ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar800014
5Senior Research Follow; ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar800 014
6Principal Scientist & Head, Soil Chemistry of Fertility Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Scientist, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh462 028
7Director (A), ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar800 014
8Conserertium Leader, Conservation Agriculture Platform, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Scientist, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh462 028
ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar800 014
*Corresponding author's Email: rakeshbhu08@gmail.com
Online Published on 11 March, 2022.
An experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) seasons of 2017–18 and 2018–19 at Patna, Bihar, to identify the most suitable lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) cultivars, which can perform better in zero-till condition of lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.)-fallow production system. Results revealed that, among the lentil cultivars, ‘Pusa Masoor 5’ (2.20 t/ha) had higher seed yield and remained at par with ‘Pusa Vaibhav’, ‘IPL 81’, ‘HUL 57’, ‘Arun’ and ‘DPL 15’. With respect to economic feasibility, ‘Pusa Masoor 5’ resulted in significantly higher gross returns (₹123 x 103/ha), net returns (₹92 x 103/ha) and benefit: cost ratio (3.9), respectively, as compared to ‘IPL 316’, ‘DPL 62’, ‘Ranjan’ and ‘K 75’. Thus ‘Pusa Masoor 5’ followed by ‘Pusa Vaibhav’ proved more stable and promising cultivars than the others in augmenting productivity as well as profitability under zero-till condition of rice-fallows production system of eastern India.
Eastern India, Lentil cultivars, Productivity, Rice-fallow, Zero-till
