Department of Horticulture, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra-444104
1Department of Soil science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra-444104
An experiment was conducted to study the performance of different varieties of garden pea under Akola conditions at Department of Horticulture, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra. Eight varieties were evaluated on black soil in replicated randomized block design. All varieties exhibited considerable variation in their performance for most of the parameters. Better yield parameters in terms of number of green pods per plant, green pod weight, green pod length, green pod yield per plant and yield per hectare were noticed in all the varieties. Number of pods per plant was maximum in PB-89 (16.43) followed by Palam Triloki (13.9) and minimum in Jawahar Matar-2 (9.83). Similarly for pod character maximum pod weight was recorded in PB-89 (6.12 g) and minimum in Arka Kartik (3.27 g). Length of green pods was highest in variety PB-89 (10.4 cm) followed by Ankur (8.93 cm) and lowest was observed in Jawahar Matar-2 (5.8 cm). Green pod yield per plant was highest in PB-89 (87.93 g), Palam Triloki (75.45 g) and Ankur (68.42 g) whereas maximum pod yield per ha was recorded in PB-89 (93.12 q/ha) followed by Palam Triloki (76.97 q/ha). Among all the varieties highest protein and TSS content were recorded in Palam Triloki (23.06 and 17.67% respectively).
Garden pea, varieties, yield, quality
