Vol. 11, Special Issue 1 (2022)

Author(s):
Puja Basumatary

Abstract:
The present study was conducted during rabi season, during the year 2019-20 to 2020-21 at farmers field to evaluate the performance of chilli variety Arka Meghana with local chilli cultivar as check in Agro-climatic condition of Kokrajhar district. The trial was laid out in a randomized complete block design with four replications. The result of the study indicated that chilli variety Arka Meghana was found superior to local cultivar in terms of Days to 50 per cent flowering (63.0 days), Days to first harvest (83.25 days), Numbers of Fruits per plant (68.0), Fruit weight (7.2g), fruit length (12.1 cm),Yield (19.665 t/ha) as compare to the local cultivars which found to take 67.75 days to 50 per cent flowering, 88.75 days to first harvest and recorded 65.0 numbers of average fruits per plant with average fruit weight of 5.25g, average fruit length of 3.45 cm and yield of 15.944 t/ha. Plant height was recorded highest in local cultivar (55.0 cm) whereas Arka Meghana recorded plant height of 50.5 cm.