Effect of date and direction of sowing on growth performance and economic return of yellow mustard (Sinapis alba)

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2024 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences to determine “Effect of date and direction of sowing on growth and yield of Yellow Mustard”. The treatments consisted of four dates of sowing (5th, 15th, 25th October and 4th November), along with direction of sowing (North-South and East-West). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with 9 treatments and replicated thrice. The results revealed that the significantly higher plant height (103.61 cm), higher plant dry weight (27.10 g), maximum number of siliqua/plant (125.40), maximum number of seeds/siliqua (31.87), higher test weight (3.57 g), higher seed yield (2.05 t/ha) and higher stover yield (3.23 t/ha) were recorded with treatment 7 (25th October + East-West). The maximum gross return (INR 128435.00/ha), net return (INR 89078.99/ha) and B:C ratio (2.26) was significate as compared to all other treatments.