Vol. 9, Special Issue 12, Part G (2025)

A field study was conducted at the post graduate experimental field of Biswanath College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, to find out the influence of varied irrigation schedule and date of sowing on morphological and physiological parameters viz., plant height, total dry weight plant^-1, Leaf area index (LAI), crop growth rate (CGR) and relative growth rate (RGR). The experiment was composed of four irrigation schedule (rainfed, IW/CPE = 0.5, IW/CPE = 0.8 and IW/CPE = 1.0) and four different sowing dates (20^th October, 5^th November, 20^th November and 5^th December) and laid in split plot design. The crop scheduled with IW/CPE = 1.0 registered significantly highest plant height, total dry weight plant^-1, LAI, CGR and RGR however with an exception of lower RGR at 50 DAS-picking. Among the sowing dates, the 5^th November sown crop recorded maximum values of morphological and physiological parameters with the exception of lower RGR at 50 DAS-picking.