Boron Deficiency in sesamum

Symptoms

• Boron deficient plants appear severely stunted within two weeks.

Sulphur Deficiency in sesamum

Symptoms

• The growth of the plant is retarded.
• Leaf size is reduced. Initially, the fully emerged young leaves turn pale.

Zinc Deficiency in sesamum

Symptoms

• Middle leaves show inter-veinal discolouration of the basal part and necrosis along the apical margins followed by the appearance of small buff coloured irregular areas.

Soil and climatic conditions of Sesamum

 Sowing time for sesamum

The crop can be grown all the year round. Mostly three sowing times are recommended:

Characteristics of sesamum varieties

Some of the recommended varieties of sesamum are described below.

Varieties of sesamum for different states