Abstract

DThirupal C Madhumathi, P Syam Sundar Reddy and DS Reddy

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of planting density (50 x 30cm, 45 x 45cm and 60 x 45cm) with four transplanting dates (20th November, 10th December, 31st December and 20th January) in factorial randomized block design with three replications. The data revealed that significantly higher growth parameters viz., plant height (43.13cm), plant spread (86.66 cm), number of leaves per plant (27.50 cm), stalk stem diameter (48.10mm), curd weight (834.66g), curd length (21.12cm), curd width (24.87cm), harvest index (41.83%) and yield per hectare (37.04t) were recorded in December 10th planting (D2). Among the different spacings, wider spacing of 60 x 45 cm (S3) significantly recorded higher values for growth and yield parameters under study except plant height (39.01 cm) and yield per hectare (27.03 t). Interaction effect of different spacing and transplanting dates D2S1 (December 10th and 50x30 cm) was found to be non-significant for various parameters except plant height, harvest index and yield per hectare