Abstract

An experiment was carried out during rabi season of 2007–08 at Khalsa College Research Farm, Amritsar (Punjab) to study the effect of different sowing dates and tillage methods on productivity of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Sowing dates for lentil were 15 October (D1), 30 October (D2), 14 November (D3) and 30 November (D4). Methods of tillage were no tillage (NT): without ploughing, minimum tillage (MT): one ploughing and conventional tillage (CT): three ploughings. Sowing on 30th October was found to increase the yield, protein content, N, P and K uptake in grains of lentil. Tillage also had significant influence on yield and nutrient uptake. The highest yield, protein content, N, P and K uptake were recorded with the treatment that received conventional tillage: three ploughings.