Effect of date of sowing on growth and yield of vegetable pea genotypes under rain-fed mid-hill conditions of Uttarakhand

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of three sowing dates (1^st, 15^th and 13^th August) with six varieties/genotypes (SP X VL-7, SP X DVP-1, Arkel, VL-7, PSM-3, VL-10) of vegetable pea during rainy-autumn season 2009–10 at GBPUAT, Hill Campus, Ranichauri (Uttarakhand). Results revealed that among the three sowing dates, 1^st august sown crop gave significantly higher fresh and dry weigh per plant, number and fresh weight of nodules per plant, pod yield net return and B:C ratio. Variety/genotype D₁V₂ (sowing for SP X DVP-1 on 1^st August) gave the green pod yield along with highest net profit and B:C ratio.