Influence of Topping on Growth and Yield of Summer Sesame Varieties

摘要

Among the varieties studied, AKT-101 showed its superiority in all the growth and yield characters namely number of branches plant, number of capsules plant and seed yield. In view of terminal topping practice done at different crop growth stages, topping at 30 days after sowing (DAS) recorded higher values over no topping for all the growth parameters and yield attributes evaluated. Both AKT-101 and Phule Til-1 were found to be highly amenable for topping at 30 days after sowing (DAS) over rest of the combinations studied in improving growth characters, yield attributes and finally yield.