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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

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.

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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, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2372.pdf

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