Performance of Different Jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) Varieties Based on Growth and Yield in Coastal Soils of West Bengal

Jute (Corchorus olitorious L.) is an environment friendly natural fibre crop responsible for out doing synthetic fibres. However, fibre yields have been decreasing daily in recent decades due to lack of long-term promising varieties, climate change issues and complexity of crop yields. The field experiment was carried out to study the performance of different olitorius jute varieties under coastal soils of West Bengal during pre-kharif season of2023 comprising seven olitorius jute varieties - JRO 524, JRO 2407, JRO 204, CO 58, JBO 1, JROM 1 and NJ 7005. Variety JBO 1 showed superiority on growth and yield contributing characters and resulted in maximum plant height, leaf per plant and aerial dry biomass at harvest among the tested varieties. JBO 1 was superior with respect to fibre yield (28.2 q/ha), stick yield (78.3 q/ha), and harvest index (26.04) among all the tested jute varieties. Variety JBO 1 could be more successful productive variety under coastal soils of West Bengal.