Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Riddhi Patel, JC Shroff, PM Parmar and SN Shah

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at the College Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat to assess the effect of Varying fertilizer levels and biofertilizer on yield and quality of fenugreek during rabi season of year 2020-2021. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. Treatment combinations includes three fertilizer levels viz., 50% RDF, 75% RDF and 100% RDF (20 kg N/ha & 40 kg P₂O₅/ha) and four levels of biofertilizer viz., Control, Seed treatment with Bio NP, Drenching of Bio NP, Seed treatment with Bio NP + Drenching of Bio NP at 30 DAS. The results revealed that application of 100% RDF recorded significantly highest green biomass yield at 30 DAS (1057 kg/ha), number of pods/plant (30.04), pod length (12.16 cm), number of seeds/pod (16.79), seed yield (2259 kg/ha), straw yield (3198 kg/ha) test weight(14.42 g), crude protein content of seed (22.36%), nitrogen content (3.58% and 1.21%) and uptake (80.86 kg/ha and 38.96 kg/ha) in seed and straw, phosphorus content (0.395 and 0.134%) and uptake (8.94 and 4.31 kg/ha) in seed and straw. Among different biofertilizer levels application of Bio NP as seed treatment at the time of sowing followed by drenching of Bio NP at 30 DAS registered significantly higher green biomass yield (925 kg/ha), number of pods/plant (28.31), seed yield (2071 kg/ha), straw yield (2923 kg/ha), pod length (12.16 cm), number of seeds/pod (16.79) test weight(14.10 g), crude protein content of seed (21.93%), nitrogen content (3.51% and 1.19%) and uptake (73.30 and 35.21 kg/ha) by seed and straw and phosphorus content (0.388 and 0.132%) and uptake (8.10 and 3.89 kg/ha) by seed and straw.