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Vol. 7, Issue 11, Part C (2025)

Effect of planting geometry on growth and pod yield of drumstick (Moringa oleifera L.)

Author(s):

Hitesh Kumar, BS Asati, Jitendra Singh, NK Rastogi, Dikeshwar Nishad, Rohan Harwansh and Himanshu Darsena

Abstract:

The present investigation was conducted A randomized block design with three replications was used. Nine treatments with different spacing configurations-T1:4.0 m × 2.5 m, T2:2.5 m × 2.5 m, T3:1.5 m × 3.0 m, T4: 5.0 m × 5.0 m, T5: 2.5 m × 5.0 m, T6: 3.0 m × 4.0 m, T7: 2.5 m × 3.0 m, T8: 2.0 m × 3.0 m and T9: 2.0 m × 2.5 m were evaluated. The results concluded that the growth and yield parameter was found significantly superior in the treatment T4 (5.0 m × 5.0 m) for most of the characters i.e. plant highest (274.28 cm), number of branches/plant (14.68), stem base diameter (6.41 cm), days to first flowering (190.95 days) and highest number of flowers per inflorescence (79.39), fruit set percentage (3.24%), pod length (71.16 cm), number of pods per plant (36.89), seeds per pod (18.93), pod weight (92.39 g) and highest pod yield per plant (3.41 kg/plant). Treatment T2 registered highest pod yield in hectare (3.92 t/ha).

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International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science
How to cite this article:
Hitesh Kumar, BS Asati, Jitendra Singh, NK Rastogi, Dikeshwar Nishad, Rohan Harwansh and Himanshu Darsena. Effect of planting geometry on growth and pod yield of drumstick (Moringa oleifera L.). Int. J. Agric. Food Sci. 2025;7(11):182-187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33545/2664844X.2025.v7.i11c.956
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