Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Pooja Kumari Meena, Ramesh Chand Bairwa, Anuradha Yadav and Chetana Sharma

Abstract:
A study was carried out on loamy sandy soil during the Rabi season of 2021-22 at the Instructional Farm of SKRAU in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The objective of the study was to investigate the influence of weed control measures (weed-free, pendimethalin @ 0.75 kg ha^-1 (PE), Oxyfluorfen @ 50 g ha^-1 (POE at 25 DAS), and weedy check) and nutrient management (control (no fertilizer applied), 75% RDF, 100% RDF, and 125% RDF) on the growth and yield of fennel crop (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.). The experiment was conducted using a FRBD design with three replications. The results indicated that the weed-free treatment significantly improved crop growth attributes such as plant population, plant height, number of branches plant^-1, dry matter accumulation, CGR, and RGR and followed by pendimethalin @ 0.75 kg ha^-1 (PE) and oxyfluorfen @ 50 g ha^-1 (POE at 25 DAS) treatments and also showed a positive impact on crop growth attributes. Furthermore, among the various nutrient management treatments, the treatment with 100% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) exhibited significantly superior on growth parameters in fennel.