Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Influence of growing environment on growth and yield of fenugreek leaves under shade net and open condition
Author(s): Govindaraj K, Balakrishnan S, Shoba N and Somasundaram E
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted at Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, during 2018-19 to study the performance of fenugreek variety CO 2 sown in shade net house (50% shade) and open field condition in different months. Among the growing conditions, fenugreek grown for leaf purpose under shade net house exhibited better performance in terms of growth, yield and quality than open condition. The Observations on morphological and quality traits were recorded in every month after sowing so as to study the environmental influence on growth and yield of fenugreek foliage. The days taken for germination were earlier (5.09 days) when the seeds were sown during November under shade net condition compared to open field condition. The vegetative and yield attributes viz., plant height (26.77 cm), number of leaves (33.20) and leaf yield (3.11 kg/plot) were found to be the highest during the month of November sown crop followed by October sown crop in shade net house condition. While, in open condition, fenugreek seeds sown during the months of August and March failed to germinate causing crop failure. In this study, the yield was almost doubled under shade net house condition, when compared to open field condition. It is also inferred that the crop can be grown for leaf purpose under shadenet during summer.
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Govindaraj K, Balakrishnan S, Shoba N, Somasundaram E. Influence of growing environment on growth and yield of fenugreek leaves under shade net and open condition. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):2102-2105.
