Effect of the Spacing and Terminal Clipping on Yield and Economics of Summer Sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.) Patel Priya K.*, Patel V.J., Menon K., Chavda N.K. Department of Agronomy, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat *Email: patelpriya171292@gmail.com
Online published on 2 January, 2017. Abstract A field experiment was conducted during summer season of the year 2015 at College Agronomy Farm, Anand Agriculture University, Anand to find out the effect of spacing and terminal clipping on yield and economics of summer sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.). The experiment consist of three spacing viz., 30, 45 and 60 cm and four terminal clipping treatments viz., no clipping, clipping at 20, 30 and 40 DAS. Results indicated that treatment S2 (45 cm) prove best in respect of recording higher seed, stalk, oil yields, net realization and BCR than other spacing treatments (30 cm and 60 cm). Among terminal clipping treatment, C3 (Terminal clipping at 30 DAS) recorded higher seed and stalk yields and economically superior than remaining clipping treatments. In general, summer sesamum performed better when sown at 45 cm spacing distance in conjunction with terminal clipping at 30 DAS. Top Keywords Sesamum, spacing, terminal clipping, yield, quality and economics. Top |