Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

The present investigation entitled “Studies on effect plant densities and pinching levels on herbage yield of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) cv. Phule Kasturi.” was carried out in the year 2021-2022, at Department of Horticulture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani. Results of the present investigation revealed that, the vegetative growth observation in terms of plant height (67.67 cm) and herbage yield per plot (308.11 g) and per hectare (13.56 q/ha) were highest with closer spacing S₁ (10 x 5 cm), number of branches per plant (13.56) and number of leaves per plant (74.77) was recorded with wider spacing treatment S6 (30 x 10 cm) and number of branches and number of leaves per plant was increased with increase in spacing. Among the pinching treatments highest plant height (64.28 cm) were noticed with P₀ (no pinching) treatment and maximum number of branches per plant (10.55) was recorded with P₁ (pinching at 25 DAS) and highest number of leaves per plant (69.32) was recorded with P₂ (pinching at 35 DAS). As regard to the interaction effect of spacing and pinching, the treatment combination S1P2 viz., fenugreek sown at 10 x 5 cm with pinching at 35 DAS produced significantly maximum herbage yield per plot (606.67 g) and per hectare (26.73 q/ha).