B.C. Patra

Effect of Sowing Time and Weed Management Practices on Phenophases of Summer Sesame

J. Rakesh, B.C. Patra, P. Bandhopadhay, S.K. Dey & S. Banerjee · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) ranks as one of the most important oilseed crops in India, following groundnut, rapeseed, and mustard. In many developing countries, sesame is predominantly cultivated by small-scale farmers, as it is widely recognised for its drought tolerance. A fiel...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92934

Effects of Sowing Dates and Weed Management Practices on Growing Degree Days, Helio Thermal and Photothermal Units of Summer Sesame in Some Parts of India

J. Rakesh, B.C. Patra, P. Bandhopadhay, S.K. Dey & S. Banerjee · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025

The present study aimed to determines the effect of dates of sowing and weed management practices on summer sesame in new alluvial zone of West Bengal. For synchronizing different stages of plant growth with environmental conditions, the appropriate sowing date is considered one...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i62436

Effect of Dates of Sowing and Weed Management Practices on Grass Weed, Sedge Weed and Broad Leaved Weed Density of Summer Sesame

J. Rakesh, B.C. Patra, P. Bandhopadhay, S.K. Dey & S. Banerjee · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2025

At Instructional Farm in Jaguli, a field experiment was carried out in the summer of 2022 and 2023 at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Mohanpur, West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three main plot treatments (dates of sowing) and eight sub plot...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i53001