Influence of Stage of Harvest on Seed Yield and Quality in Soybean Varieties

A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Bidar during Kharif 2018 and 2019 to determine the influence of appropriate stage of harvest on seed yield and quality parameters of soybean varieties JS-335 and DSb-21. The research plots were laid out in replication using factorial RCBD design. The crop was harvested according to the stage of harvest which was fixed as treatments i.e. at 80, 85, 90, 95 and 100 days after sowing (DAS) in both the varieties and threshing was done manually. The results revealed that among different harvesting stages, the seeds of the variety JS-335 harvested at 85 DAS showed highest seed yield and quality characters compared to early and delayed harvesting stage. Likewise in case of DSb-21 variety the crop harvested at 90 DAS recorded highest seed yield and quality parameters compared to other stages of harvest.