In order to investigate the “effect of Sowing Date on Yield and Yield Attributes of Safflower Genotypes”, an experiment was conducted on a split plot design with 4 replications during the year 2015-16 at AICRP on Safflower, VNMKV, Parbhani (.). The experiment consisted of 9 treatment combinations comprising 3 sowing dates (15th October, 30thOctober and 15th November) as main plots and 3 cultivars (Annigiri-1, NARI-6 and NARI-57) as subplots. The result showed that sowing of safflower on 15th October recorded significantly higher Yield and Yield attributing characters viz.; weight of capitula ( g plant-1 ), number of seeds capitula-1 (), seed index ( g), seed yield (1042 kg ha-1 ), straw yield (3210 kg ha-1 ) and biological yield (4252 kg ha-1 ) as compared to 30th October and 15th November sowing date respectively. Among the cultivars of safflower, Annigiri-1 noted higher yield and yield attributing characters viz., weight of capitula ( g plant-1 ), number of seeds capitula-1 (), seed index ( g), seed yield (1019 kg ha-1 ), straw yield (3426 kg ha-1 ) and biological yield (4445 kg ha-1 ) over NARI-57 and NARI-6. From the study it can be concluded that combination of cultivar Annigiri-1 sown on15th October performed best among all other treatment combinations. | Effect of sowing dates on yield and yield attributes of safflower genotypes
