Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
SV Bhavar, SM Ghawade and AK Jawarkar

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Effect of sowing time and fertilizer levels on seed yield of kasuri methi (Trigonella corniculata L.)” was carried out in the year of 2016–2017 and 2017-18, at Chilli and Vegetables Research Unit, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. An experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with twenty four treatment combinations. There were two factors of an experiment, first being sowing time with six levels and second was fertilizer dose with four levels and replicated as three time to study the sowing times and fertilizer levels effect on seed yield and quality parameters in kasuri methi. Results of the present investigation revealed that, the yield and quality parameters viz. Test weight (g), germination (%), total chlorophyll content (mg/100gm), trigonellin content (%), oleoresin content (%), protein content (%) were found maximum with early sowing D1 (10th October) and test weight (g), germination (%), total chlorophyll content (mg/100 gm), protein content (%) were found the maximum with fertilizer dose F4 (50:50:25 kg ha-1 NPK) while, maximum Trigonella content were found in F1 (40:40:20 kg/ha. NPK) and the maximum oleoresin content found in F2 (40:50:25 kg/ha. NPK). As regards the interaction effect of sowing times and fertilizer levels, the treatment combination D1F4 viz. kasuri methi sown on 10th October and fertilized @ 50:50:25 kg ha-1 NPK produced significantly the maximum seed yield.