Legume Research
Web of Science
  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue: 1

Effect of Sowing Time on Phenology, Growth and Yield Across Lentil Varieties in Lower Gangetic Plains of India

  • Author:
  • Sayantani Basu1, Sanchita Mondal2, D.S. Dhakre3, Kalipada Pramanik4, Jhuma Datta5, Sen Arup2, Y.V. Rao1*
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 95 to 102

1Department of Soil Science and Ag. Chemistry, Institute of Agriculture (PSB), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan-731 236, West Bengal, India.

2Survey, Selection and Mass Production Unit, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741 252, West Bengal, India.

3Department of Agricultural Statistics, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan-731 236, West Bengal, India.

4Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agriculture (PSB), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan-731 236, West Bengal, India.

5Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741 252, West Bengal, India.

*Corresponding Author: Y.V. Rao, Department of Soil Science and Ag. Chemistry, Institute of Agriculture (PSB), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan-731 236, West Bengal, India. Email: yvrao31@gmail.com

Abstract

The study was aimed to find the most suitable lentil variety and sowing time in Lower Gangetic Plains (LGP) to meet the growing demands in India under changing climatic conditions.

Field experiment was conducted with seven varieties of lentils during rabi season, 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 at farmer’s field under Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India to evaluate the influence of sowing time i.e., normal sowing (5th November to 12th November) and late sowing (5th December to 17th December) on the yield performance of different lentil varieties, viz., Moitree, HUL-57, KLS-218, BM-8, IPL-220, BM-7 and L-4717.

Normal sowing of lentil is better than late sowing. Results revealed that lentil sown during the first fortnight of November produced the highest grain yield (1027 kg ha-1), 104% higher than late sowing (503 kg ha-1). L-4717 genotype was consistently the best in both normal and late planting.

Keywords

Date of sowing, Growth attributes, Lentil, Phenology, Varieties, Yield