~ 912 ~ The Pharma Innovation Journal 2022; 11(12): 912-915 ISSN (E): 2277-7695 ISSN (P): 2349-8242 NAAS Rating: 5.23 TPI 2022; 11(12): 912-915 © 2022 TPI www.thepharmajournal.com Received: 20-09-2022 Accepted: 21-10-2022 Shri Kant Bharty Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya-Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Deepa H Dwivedi Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya-Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India RB Ram Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya-Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Rubee lata Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya-Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Corresponding Author: Shri Kant Bharty Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya-Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Effect of different dates of planting and genotypes vegetative growth and yield characters of Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) under Lucknow conditions Shri Kant Bharty, Deepa H Dwivedi, RB Ram and Rubee Lata Abstract A field experiment was conducted during two consecutive years 2019-20 and 2020-21to find out the suitable planting dates and genotypes to better growth and yield. The experiment was carried at experimental farm of the Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. The experiment was laid out in Split plot design with four different planting dates (i.e.15 th June, 15 th July, 15 th August and 15 th September). The plant which were planted on 15 th June showed better performance on growth parameters viz., plant height (99.2cm and 95.3cm), stem diameter (1.3cm) in both years, intermodal distances (5.35cm and 4.9cm), number of leaves per branch (23.6 and 17.4), leaf length (6.0cm and 5.7cm), leaf breadth (4.3cm and 4.1cm) and canopy of plants east-west (45.8cm and 44.3cm), north-south (40.5cm and 39.3cm). However, maximum yield q/ha (47.66q/ha and 46.22q/ha) were obtained in 15 th July of planting The data statically revealed that planting dates and genotypes had significant effect on vegetative growth and yield during both the years. Keywords: Cape gooseberry, dates of planting, genotypes, yield Introduction The Cape goose berry (Physalis peruviana L.) having consisting of chromosome number 2n=24 is a diploid and also a member of Solanaceae family. There are several different name for this fruit around the world, aguaymanto in Peru, Cape gooseberry in South Africa, Rasbhari, Mokoi, Tepari in India, Poha berry in Hawaii, topotopo in Venezuela, uvilla in Ecuador Morton 1987, [16] . The fruit originates from Andes Mountain of South America, Peru to Chile. The name Cape gooseberry was drive for where its originate Cape of Good “Hope” in South Africa during 19 th century. More than 100 species but only few have economic value. While the Physalis ixocrpa and P. pubescence orientated in Asia and India. It is herbaceous, semi-herbaceous, erected, short- lived hairy plant with heart-shaped leaves, produces flower yellowish with purple blotches and resemble tomato like edible fruits with sweet and sour taste. The fruit are cover with papery husk and hangs down word looks like a Chinese lanterns. Cape goose berry can grow into hemispheric shrub that achieves 1 to1.5 m height without training and bears flower in winter and produces fruit 4 to 10g in weight, 1.25 to 2.50 cm in diameters. The fruit contain inside 100 to 200 small yellowish seeds. Now a day it is successfully grown as perennial tropical and annual in temperate regions of developing countries (Novoa et al., 2006) [1] . Worldwide, Columbia is largest producer, exporter, and consumer of Cape gooseberry nearly 162,386 tonnes (FAOSTAT 2013). Moreover, P. peruviana L. fruit is nutritious, containing high amounts of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber, which have been demonstrated to provide significant health benefits. Fresh fruit can be consumed as eaten raw, salads, cooked dishes, and making delectable jam. Therefore Cape gooseberry used in folk medicine to curing many disease viz., anticancer, antimycobacterial, malaria, asthama, hepatitis, dermatitis, diuretic and immunomodulatory (Pietro et al., 2000 and Soares et al., 2003) [19, 20] . There are no reports on the dates of sowing to cultivate the crop in Uttar Pradesh subtropical agro-climate. Larches (2003), revealed that phenology is the study of recurring phenomena in a plant life history in relation to climate and an evaluating variations throughout the life cycle. In agriculture, phenological investigations are important for determining when to perform crop assignments and the health of plants.