Response of Best Management Practices on Growth, Productivity and Profitability in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) under Transitional Plain of Luni Basin of Rajasthan

H. P. Parewa; L. K. Jain; R. L. Bhardwaj; R. N. Choudhary; M. Kumar; A. Choudhary; R. Sirohi

doi:10.23910/1.2025.6684

Response of Best Management Practices on Growth, Productivity and Profitability in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) under Transitional Plain of Luni Basin of Rajasthan

Authors

H. P. Parewa Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan (303 329), India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4063-824X
L. K. Jain Dept. of Agronomy, Agriculture Research Station (SK Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner) Sriganganagar, Rajasthan (335 001), India
R. L. Bhardwaj Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agriculture (Agriculture University, Jodhpur) Baytu, Barmer, Rajasthan (344 034), India
R. N. Choudhary Dept. of Agronomy, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan (303 329), India
M. Kumar Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan (303 329), India
A. Choudhary Dept. of Horticulture, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan (303 329), India
R. Sirohi Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan (303 329), India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23910/1.2025.6684

Keywords:

Fenugreek, growth, productivity and profitability, soil health

Abstract

The field experiments were conducted during rabi (November–March, 2018–19 and 2019–2020) with Trigonella foenum-graecum L. sown at Agricultural Research Sub-station Sumerpur, Pali, Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India to investigate the impact of treatments on growth, productivity and economics of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. There were ten treatments namely control (T₁), 50% RDF (T₂), 75% RDF (T₃), 100% RDF (T₄), 50% RDF+Vermicompost at 2 t ha^-1(T₅), 75% RDF+Vermicompost at 2 t ha^-1 (T₆), 50% RDF+Vermicompost at 2 t ha^-1+Rhizobium at 2.5 kg ha^-1+PSB at 2.5 kg ha^-1(T₇), 75% RDF+Vermicompost at 2 t ha^-1+Rhizobium at 2.5 kg ha^-1+PSB at 2.5 kg ha^-1(T₈), 50 % RDF+Vermicompost at 2t ha^-1+Seed treatment with Rhizobium at 600 g ha^-1+PSB at 600 g ha^-1 (T₉) and 75 % RDF+Vermicompost at 2 t ha^-1+Seed treatment with Rhizobium at 600 g ha^-1+PSB at 600 g ha^-1 (T₁₀) replicated three times and arranged in a randomized block design (RBD). The treatment consisting combination of 75% RDF+VC at 2 t ha^-1+ bioinoculants significantly improved the status of organic carbon, available N and P of soil after harvest of the crop. Among the integrated treatments, application of 75% RDF+VC at 2 t ha^-1+bioinoculants recorded maximum productivity (1.65 t ha^-1). The treatment T₄ (100% RDF) provided highest B:C ratio (2.88) followed by treatment T₁₀ (2.60) and T₈ (2.58) which were at par with the 100% RDF. Overall, the study concluded that 75% RDF along with 2 t ha^-1 vermicompost and bioinoculants optimized fenugreek yield, improved soil fertility and increased profitability.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2025-12-20

How to Cite

Parewa HP, Jain LK, Bhardwaj RL, Choudhary RN, Kumar M, Choudhary A, et al. Response of Best Management Practices on Growth, Productivity and Profitability in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) under Transitional Plain of Luni Basin of Rajasthan. IJBSM [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 20 [cited 2026 Jan. 10];16(Dec, 12):01-6. Available from: https://ojs.pphouse.org/index.php/IJBSM/article/view/6684

Download Citation

Issue

Vol. 16 No. Dec, 12 (2025)

Section

Articles

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Authors retain copyright. Articles published are made available as open access articles, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

This journal permits and encourages authors to share their submitted versions (preprints), accepted versions (postprints) and/or published versions (publisher versions) freely under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable.