Effect of Leaf Cutting on Seed Yield of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.)

The experiment was conducted with two genotypes of coriander (Azad Coriander-1 and Azad Coriander-2) in factorial Randomized Block Design with 8 treatments and 3 replications at the experimental farm of Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur- 208002 U.P. India, during Rabi, season 2014-2015. Phenotypic data were recorded for eight characters viz. Plant height, Number of Primary and Secondary Branches per plant, Number of umbels per plant, Seed yield per plant, Test weight and Yield per plant. The foliage cutting was taken to create treatments e.g. C0 (No Cutting), C1 (One Cutting) C2 (Two cuttings) and C3 (Tree cuttings). It was found that zero cutting (control) showed highest growth and three cuttings showed lowest growth among treatments. It is the clear indication of reduction in the growth number of primary and secondary branches, no. of umbels per plant, seed yield per plant and plot yield per plant. It has been concluded that leaf cutting in coriander gradually reduces the growth and other parameters (studied in this) as number of cutting increases.