Effect of Date of Sowing and Topping on Seed Production of Jute in Red and Laterite Zone of West Bengal | Chapter 09 | Advances in Applied Science and Technology Vol. 6
Aim: To assess the effects of date of sowing and topping on seed production of tossa and white jute. Design: Split plot. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiment was conducted during Kharif season of 2014 and 2015 at Regional Research Sub-station, Raghunathpur, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Purulia, West Bengal, India. Methodology: Two separate experiments were carried out on tossa jute, Corchorus olitorius L.(cv. JRO-8432) and white jute, Corchorus capsularis L. (cv.JRC-698), each having 3 replications, with 3 main plots of dates of sowing (D 1 -15 th June, D 2 -15 th July and D 3 -15 th August) and 4 sub plots for topping treatments [T 1 -No topping, T 2 -Topping at 30 Days After Sowing (DAS),T 3 -Topping at 45 DAS and T 4 -Topping at 60 DAS] under rainfed condition. Results: In both the jute varieties, the first date of sowing (15 th June) proved superiority over other sowing dates irrespective of topping, however, topping at 45 DAS reve...