Effect of Steckling Sizes and Phosphorus Levels on Seed Production of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.)
Effect of Steckling Sizes and Phosphorus Levels on Seed Production of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.)
Alveena Izhar1*, Basit Ullah2, Rabia Asghar1, Aqeel Ahmad1 and Hassam Bin Mujahid1
ABSTRACT
Effect of steckling sizes and phosphorus levels on seed production of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) cv. ‘Green Neck’ was conducted at the Horticulture Research Farm, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar; Pakistan during the session (2020-2021). The experiment was designed in Randomized Complete Block in split plot arrangement with three times replication. The main plot consists of phosphorus levels i.e. (0, 25, 50, 75, 100 kg ha-1), whereas steckling sizes i.e. (10, 20, 30 cm) were assigned to subplots. The statistical analysis of the experiment showed that various phosphorus levels enhanced all the quantitative parameters of the radish crop. Maximum, plant height (65 cm), number of pods plant-1 (187), pod length (7.9 cm), pod diameter (3.70 mm), seed pod-1 (8), 1000 seed weight (22.6 g), seed yield plot-1 (25.8 g), seed yield (170.5 kg ha-1) and seed germination viability (97.8) with less number of days to 50% flowering (32) were noted in the plants supplied with phosphorus at the rate of 100 kg ha-1, while the minimum were observed in the control plots. Steckling size also affected the growth and yield parameters of radish crop. Maximum plant height (68 cm), number of pods plant-1 (183), pod length (7.4 cm), pod diameter (3.54 mm), seed pod-1 (7), 1000 seed weight (21.9 g), seed yield plot-1 (23.2 g), seed yield (153.4 kg ha-1) and seed germination viability (90.0) with less days to 50% flowering (39) were noted at 30 cm of steckling size, while the minimum were examined at 10 cm of steckling size. However, plots treated with steckling size and phosphorus level (30cm and 100 kg ha-1), respectively performed better than the rest of the plots and hence recommended for climate change and growers of district Peshawar.
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