EFFECTS OF SOWING DATE AND PLANT POPULATION ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF SESAME (Sesamum lndicum L.)

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dc.contributor.authorKATUNG, PETER DUNIYA
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T09:41:27Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T09:41:27Z
dc.date.issued1987-12
dc.descriptionA Thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Agronomy DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA DECEMBER,1987en_US
dc.description.abstractInvestigation was carried out at Samaru during the 1966 wet season to observe the effects of three plant populations (100,000; 250,000 and 400,000 plants/ha), three Bowing datea (2k June, 15 July and 5 August, 1986) and two varieties (Pb-till1 and E8) on seed yield and yield components of sesame. Increasing plant population from 100,000 to 250,000/ha increased seed yield by 27%. Further increase in plant population from 250,000 to M30,000/ha resulted in no significant increase in seed yield. Although the effect of plant population on number of pods, seed yield/plant and number of seeds/plant was not significant, these characters decreaBed with increasing plant population. Number of seeds/pod, length of pods and 1,000 seed weight were also not significantly affected by plant population. The earliest sown sesame with a mean seed yield of 319.00 kg/ha, outyielded the second and third sowinga by averages of 37.80% and 55.20%, respectively. Seed yield reduction with delay in sowing were caused mainly by decreases in the number of pods/plant, seed yield/plant, number of seeds/plant and number of seeds/pos. The variety E8 excelled Pb-till in yield and yield components. All possible treatment lnteractions had significant effect8 on one parameter or the other. However, none of the treatment interactions influenced seed yield. There were positive and significant correlations between seed yield and yield components measured.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4940
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSOWING DATE,en_US
dc.subjectPLANT POPULATION,en_US
dc.subjectCOMPONENTS,en_US
dc.subject(Sesamum lndicum L.)en_US
dc.titleEFFECTS OF SOWING DATE AND PLANT POPULATION ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF SESAME (Sesamum lndicum L.)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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