Growth, nodulation, yield, nitrogen uptake, and economics of lentil as influenced by sowing time, tillage, and management practices

Crop management practices and variety are two very important parameters that decides the crop performance. A field experiment was carried out during the two consecutive rabi seasons of 2018–19 and 2019–20 to determine the impact of sowing timing, tillage operation, and variety on the growth, development, yield characteristics, and nitrogen uptake in lentil crops. The experiment was conducted in a split-split plot design with 3 replications comprising two different sowing conditions (S 1 : early sowing after harvesting of short duration kharif rice, S 2 : delayed sowing after harvesting of long duration kharif rice) in main plots, three different tillage operations (T 1 : Relay cropping, T 2 : Zero tillage, T 3 : Conventional tillage) in subplots and…