Vol. 8, Issue 11, Part C (2024)

Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an annual herbaceous plant and generally requires fairly cool and humid conditions for its optimum growth and yield. Crop growth and development are closely related with dates of sowing which ultimately affect yield and economics. Therefore, experiment was conducted on influence of different sowing dates on yield and economics of irrigated linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) with linseed variety PKV NL-260 during Rabi-2023-24 at AICRP on linseed, College of Agriculture, Nagpur. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with six treatments and replicated four times. Treatment under study were T₁ (Sowing of linseed in last week of October, 44^th MW), T₂ (Sowing of linseed in 1st week of November, 45^th MW), T₃ (Sowing of linseed in 2^nd week of November, 46^th MW), T₄ (Sowing of linseed in 3^rd week of November, 47^th MW), T₅ (Sowing of linseed in 4^th week of November, 48^th MW) and T⁶ (Sowing of linseed in 1st week of December, 49^th MW) with spacing 30 cm between row to row on plot with size of 4.8 m x 4.2 m. Other operations were carried out as per recommendations. Results revealed that, treatment T₂ (Sowing of linseed in 1^st week of November, 45^th MW) produces significantly highest grain and straw yield, gross monetary returns (GMR), net monetary returns (NMR) and B: C (Benefit: Cost) ratio as compared to rest of the treatments.