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Effect of Nitrogen Level on Growth and Yield Attributing Characters of Radish

P. Poudel, R. K. Shrestha

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Radish is one of the well-known root crops that belong to family Brassicaceae. Its popularity could be due to its wider climatic adaptation, easy cultivation methods and wider ranges of its uses. The cultivar “Minow Early” was selected for experiment. Field trial was conducted on horticultural farm of Lamjung campus between October to January 2017/18 in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications and five treatments to assess the role of five different levels of nitrogen (100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 kg per ha) application on growth and yield attributes of radish. The different growth and yield parameters such as plant height, number of leaves, root length, root girth, root weight were measured. Significant differences were found on root length and plant height. Maximum root length and plant height was observed at 250 and 300 kg per ha reflecting better yield performance in these levels of nitrogen. This indicates that 250 kg per ha of nitrogen was best for better yield (mean root weight =121.3 g per plant).

 

Keywords: Doses, favorable, growth, plant response, root yield

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Poudel P, Shrestha RK. Effect of Nitrogen Level on Growth and Yield Attributing Characters of Radish. Research & Reviews: Journal of Crop Science and Technology. 2018; 7(2): 34–38p


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KEYWORDS: Doses, Favorable, Growth, Plant response, Root yield

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37591/rrjocst.v7i2.1143

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