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Volume : III, Issue : IV, May - 2013 UTILIZATION OF PROBLEMATIC WEED FOR IMPROVED YIELD OF FENUGREEK SANGITA GHADGE , PRATAP NAIKWADE AND BHARATI JADHAV DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Depletion of non-renewable sources of energy, escalating cost of fertilizers and
environment quality of aspects necessitated the review of various approaches focusing
on the use of available renewable sources of plant nutrition for sustainable agricultural
production. Lantana camara L. is one of the most problematic, obnoxious, poisonous
weeds, which not only menace to agriculture but also cause human and animal health
hazards. Considering the poisonous and problematic nature of this weed attempts are
made to utilize Lantana as source of organic manure in this experiment for the growth of
fenugreek. Vermicompost (VCOM), Compost (COM), dry leaf manure (DLM), mixed
compost (MIX) 1:1 proportion (Ipomoea carnea and Lantana camera) were prepared
from Lantana. Trigonella (Fenugreek) was grown on these manures in the field and
compared with fertilizer alone (FER) and absolute control (CO) with four replicates
each. Chemical analysis was carried out in fenugreek as crude protein, reducing sugar,
dry matter, N, P, K, Ca percentage. Total yield of fenugreek, percent increase over CON
and N efficiency ratio was also calculated. The average yield (kg/ha) of fresh vegetation
of Trigonella was highest in VCOM-11557 kg/ha followed by COM 10625 kg/ha, MIX
10492 kg/ha, NPK 9983 kg/ha, and DLM 9323 kg/ha and lowest in CON 5961 kg/ha. The
nitrogen efficiency ratio for fresh vegetation and dry matter was highest in plots treated
with DLM followed by VCOM COM, MIX and lower in NPK. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : SANGITA GHADGE , PRATAP NAIKWADE AND BHARATI JADHAV, (2013). UTILIZATION OF PROBLEMATIC WEED FOR IMPROVED YIELD OF FENUGREEK. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IV, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2372.pdf References : - A. O. A. C. 1995. Official Methods of Analytical Chemistry. 16th Ed., Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Washington, DC.
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