Effect of pinching and foliar nutrition on growth and yield of Dhaincha (Sesbania rostrata Bremek & Oberm)

Field experiment was conducted during kharif 2015 at Mondouri Teaching Farm and during kharif 2016 at Central Research Farm, Gayespur, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal to study the Effect of Pinching and Foliar Nutrition on Growth and Yield of Dhaincha (Sesbania rostrata Bremek & Oberm). The results indicated that pinching had significant effect on plant height (cm), number of primary branches plant -1, number of pods plant-1, pod yield plant-1 (g), seed yield plant-1 (g), and seed yield (kg ha -1). Among the different treatments through foliar spray the characters maturity days, number of pods plant-1, pod yield plant -1 , seed yield plant -1 and seed yield (kg ha -1) showed significant values. The treatment N4 i.e. foliar spray with DAP (2%)+ Micronutrients Mixture (ZnSO4 0.5%+Boric Acid 0.3%) + NAA 40 PPM showed highest seed yield of 1416.7 & 1062.5 kg ha -1 in 2015 & 2016 respectively followed by N3 i.e. foliar spray with NAA 40 PPM with seed yield of 1294.6 kg ha -1 in 2015 and 970.9 Kg ha-1 in 2016 respectively.