Forage and seed yield of velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens (L.)) as affected by sowing date and plant spacing under irrigated condition, Gezira state, Sudan

• Authors: Nahid Hamid Mahmoud Elagbani , Ali Salih Gangi , Abbas Mohamed Sulieman , Sara Abd Elraheem Babiker
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens (L.)) can be used as food, feed (forage and seeds) and environmental services. Also, the plant can be a cover crop and green manure. Experiments was carried out during the seasons of 2017/18 and 2018/19 at the Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira. Experiment aimed to evaluate the effect of three sowing date (15th of September, 15th of December and 15th of March) and three plant spacing (15, 30 and 45 cm) on forage and seed yield of velvet bean. The treatments were arranged in split –plot design, where sowing date assigned as main plot and plant spacing as sub-plot with four replications. Results showed that the effect of sowing date, plant spacing and their interaction on fresh forage yield, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and seed yield was highly significantly different. Plant spacing 30 cm and 15th of September sowing date produced the highest fresh forage and seed yield (21.97 and 3.85 ton ha-1), respectively. Based on the experimental results obtained from this study it could be recommended that the best combination for forage production and seed yield during different seasons is 15th of September sowing date and 30 cm plant spacing.

Keywords

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Mucuna pruriens; Velvet bean; plant spacing and yield; sowing date

Discipline

• AGRICULTURE: AGRICULTURE

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 46
• Pages: 1-13

Contributors

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Nahid Hamid Mahmoud Elagbani

• Agriculture Research Corporation (ARC), Forage and Pasture Programm, Wad Medani, Sudan

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Ali Salih Gangi

• Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciencies, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan

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Abbas Mohamed Sulieman

• Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciencies, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan

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Sara Abd Elraheem Babiker

• Agriculture Research Corporation (ARC), Forage and Pasture Programm, Wad Medani, Sudan

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