Effect of seed rate and spacing on seed yield and its quality in fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.)
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2011
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CCSHAU
Abstract
The experiment entitled Effect of seed rate and spacing on seed yield and its quality in
fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) was conducted at Research Farm of the Department of
Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during winter season of 2009-10. The
seed material used for the investigation was a released variety Hisar Suvarna (HM-103). The
experiment comprising five levels of seed rate (14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 kg/ha) and three levels of row
spacing (20, 30 and 40 cm) was laid out in a factorial randomized block design with three replications
and plot size 3×2.4 m. Five competitive plants were selected randomly from each experimental
treatment to record data on various parameters, which were influenced significantly by various levels of
seed rate and plant row spacing.
Seed rate showed significant improvement in all the growth, yield and seed quality parameters.
The value for the number of branches per plant, days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, number of
pods per plant, pod length, number of seeds per pod, number of seeds per plant, test weight,
germination percentage and seed vigour index-I was recorded utmost and the electrical conductivity of
seed leachates least with a seed rate of 14 kg/ha. However, the value for plant height at 60 and 90 days
after sowing and at harvest, average internode length, seed yield per plot and per hectare,
biological/Stover yield per plot and per hectare, seed recovery percentage and harvest index was
recorded maximum with seed rate 22 kg/ha.
Different row spacing had a significant influence on growth, seed yield and its quality
parameters. The maximum value for plant height at 60 and 90 days after sowing and at harvest and
average internode length was recorded with a row spacing of 20 cm. However, the number of branches
per plant, days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, number of pods per plant, pod length, number of
seeds per pod, number of seeds per plant, seed yield per plot and per hectare, biological/Stover yield
per plot and per hectare, seed recovery percentage, harvest index, test weight, germination percentage
and seed vigour index-I were recorded maximum and the electrical conductivity of seed leachates least
with a row spacing of 40 cm.
Interaction of various levels of seed rate with different row spacing showed remarkable variation
for growth, seed yield and its quality parameters except germination percentage and electrical
conductivity. Significantly highest value was registered for number of branches per plant, days to 50 per
cent flowering, number of pods per plant, pod length, number of seeds per pod, test weight and seed
vigour index-1 treatment combination T1S3, i.e., seed rate 14 kg/ha and row spacing 40 cm. The
treatment combination T5S3, i.e., seed rate 22 kg/ha and a row spacing of 40 cm, was found to be the
best with respect to seed yield per plot and per hectare, biological/Stover yield per plot and per hectare,
seed recovery percentage and harvest index.
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biological phenomena, area, fruits, iron, marketing margins, nutrient intake, animal husbandry, nutrients, proteins, wastes