Response of fenugreek to different level of fertilizers under different cutting management
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https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v70i2.5831Abstract
An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Aseda, Gujarat during three consecutive rabi season of years 2020,2021 and 2022. Fenugreek variety PEB (Pusha Early Bunch) was sown at second fort night of November of every season of the consecutive three years with line sowing at 45 cm spacing of different treatments of three fertilizer levels viz; F1 : 100 % RDF, F2 : 125 % RDF, F3 : 150 % RDF and three cutting management C1 : No cutting (Only seed production) , C2 : Cutting at 50 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production,C3: Cutting at 40 and 70 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production, C4: Cutting at 30, 50 and 70 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production laid out in radomized block design with factorial concept in three replications. Significantly higher plant height at 40, 50 and 75 DAS, higher number of branch per plant, number of pod per plant, number of seed per pod, green leaf yield, seed yield and seed equivalent yield were recorded under the application of 150% RDF (F3) fertility levels which remained at par with F2 (125% RDF), while in case of cutting management C1 (no cutting recorded significantly higher plant height at 40, 50 and 70 DAS due to no cutting as well as it recorded higher no. of pods per plant, length of pods, test weight and seed yield (741 kg/ha) while, higher no. of branches and no. of seeds per pod were recorded under C2 (Cutting at 50 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production). Green leaf yield (9468 kg/ha) and seed equivalent yield (1755 kg/ha) was recorded higher under C4: Cutting at 30, 50 and 70 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production.
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