Department of Horticulture
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Item EFFECT OF INTER ROW SPACING AND VARIETIES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF FENUGREEK (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) AT WOLISO DISTRICT, SOUTH WEST SHOA ZONE, ETHIOPIA(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-05) LETA ABEBE BEDADAFenugreek (Trigonella- foenum-graecum L.) is a legume crop which is used as a spice, vegetable, animal feed and medicinal plant. Inter row spacing is one of the yield limiting factors on fenugreek production. A field experiment was conducted at Woliso Polytechnic College during the 2023/2024 cropping season. To evaluate and determine the combined effect of inter-row spacing (10cm, 20cm, 30cm and 40cm) and varieties (Burqa, Chala, Ebbisa, Wereilu and one local variety for check) on yield and yield components fenugreek. The experiment was laid out under Randomized Complete Block Design with Factorial arrangement and three replications. Based on the data analysis, the higher yield and yield components were recorded from planting of fenugreek with the wider inter-row spacing of 40cm. The shortest days for 50% flowering (44.6 days), the shortest days for 90% maturity(117.9), the highest number of primary branches (6.73), the highest number of pods per plant-1(29.33), the highest number of seeds per pod-1(21.6), the highest pod length(19.3), the highest 1000g seed weight (20.6), the highest above ground biomass (3568.33Kg ha-1), the highest harvesting index (40.2% and the highest seed yield (1586) were recorded from the 40cm inter-row spacing followed by 30cm. On the other hand, the lowest yield(324.66 kg ha-1) and yield attributes were recorded when the crop was grown under the smallest inter-row spacing of 10cm. The higher number of primary branches, number of seeds pod-1(21), pod length (19.3), 1000g seed weight (20g) and seed yield (1586 kg ha-1) were recorded from Burka inter acted with 40cm followed by Chala, Wereilu, and Ebbisa verities whereas the lower grain yield and yield component was recorded from with the interaction of 10cm. From the current research-based yield and yield component planting of Burka variety with 40 cm inter row spacing is performing well and recommended to the local farmer to increase the yield of fenugreek crop.