CROPS
AND THEIR TIME OF ANTHESIS
Name
of the Crop
|
Botanical
Name
|
Time
of Anthesis
|
Rice
|
Oryza
sativa
|
10 a.m. – 12 noon
|
Wheat
|
Triticum
spp.
|
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
|
Sorghum
|
Sorghum
spp.
|
12 midnight – 2 a.m.
|
Pearl millet
|
Pennisetum
typhoides
|
8a.m. – 2 a.m.
|
Bengal gram or Chickpea
|
Cicer
arietinum
|
2:30 a. m. – 3 a.m.
|
Cowpea
|
Vigna
sinesis
|
6 a.m. – 8 a.m.
|
Peas
|
Pisum
sativum
|
4 p.m. onwards
|
Soyabean
|
Glycine
max
|
7 a.m. – 9 a.m.
|
Groundnut
|
Arachis
hypogaea
|
3 a.m. – 8 a.m.
|
Sunflower
|
Helianthus
annus
|
5 a.m. – 6 a.m.
|
Arhar (Pigeon pea)
|
Cajanus
cajan
|
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
|
Linseed
|
Linum
ustitatissimum
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Cotton
|
Gossypium
spp.
|
10 a.m. – 12 noon
|
Anthesis means opening of flower
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