Study on Growth, Yield and Quality Parameters of Different Vegetables Under Fenugreek Based Intercropping System With Sole Cropping System

Abstract

A field experiment entitled "Study on intercropping of fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum L.) with different short duration vegetables" was conducted at the vegetable farm, Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalrapatan City, Jhalawar during rabi season 2019-20. The experiment comprised of four sole crops (fenugreek, carrot, cabbage and radish) and fenugreek intercropped with carrot, cabbage and radish with three ratios 1:1, 1:2 and 2:2 with a total of thirteen treatments each replicated thrice and laid out in randomized block design. The result shows that the sole crops viz., carrot, cabbage and radish had significant effect on growth, yield and quality over different intercropping system with fenugreek. The maximum plant height (35.78 cm, 25.67 cm and 30.57 cm), number of leaves (9.33, 10.07 and 16.47) and chlorophyll content in leaves (1.40, 1.54 and 0.68 mg/100 g) were recorded in sole crops viz., carrot (T 2 ), cabbage (T 3 ) and radish (T 4 ) respectively over different intercropping system. However, treatment T 5 (fenugreek + carrot 1:1), T 8 (fenugreek + cabbage 1:1) and T 11 (fenugreek + radish 1:1) were found at par with treatment T 2 , T 3 and T 4 . Further the maximum root length (26.40 cm), root diameter (3.20 cm), core diameter (1.15 cm), root weight per plant (67.12 g), root weight per plot (8.05 kg), estimated yield (223.61 q/ha) and percent crude protein content (4.90), TSS (8.10 ˚Brix), ascorbic acid content (14.92 mg/100 g) of carrot, head diameter (14.71 cm), head weight per plant (340.48 g), head weight per plot (13.62 kg), estimated yield (378.33 q/ha) and per cent crude protein content (17.16), TSS (7.77 ˚Brix) ascorbic acid content (15.33 mg/100 g) of cabbage and root length (29.50 cm), root diameter (2.89 cm), root weight per plant (140 g), root weight per plot (16.80 kg), estimated yield (466.66 q/ha) and per cent crude protein content (4.91), TSS (6.80 ˚Brix) and ascorbic acid content (13.80 mg/100 g) were found in treatment T 2 (carrot sole), T 3 (cabbage sole) and T 4 (radish sole) respectively. Further the treatment T 5 (fenugreek + carrot 1:1) , T 8 (fenugreek + cabbage 1:1) and T 11 (fenugreek + radish 1:1) with respect to root length, root diameter of carrot and radish, core diameter of carrot and head diameter of cabbage was found at par with treatment T 2 ,T 3 and T 4 .