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*Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum* L.) Leguminosae**

Fenugreek Plant

Varieties	Seed Treatment	Plant protection
Soil	Field preparation and sowing	Crop duration and harvest
Climate	Manuring	Yield
Season	Irrigation
Seed rate	Aftercultivation

Fenugreek Flower

Fenugreek Seed

Varieties

Varieties

Co 1,

Pusa Early Bunching,

Lam selection 1,

Rajendra Kranti,

Kissar Sonali,

RMT1,

CO 2

Variety	Parentage	Institution	Salient features
Lam selection 1	selection from germplasm	ANGRAU, AP	tolerant to powdery mildew, root rot, caterpillars and aphids
Pusa Early Bunching	NA	IARI	Resistant to downy mildew, rots
Rajendra Kranti	Pure line selection from Reghunathpur local	COA, Murzhapur	Tolerant to leaf spot, suit for intercropping
Hissar sonali	Pure line selection from local	HAU, Haryana	Moderately tolerant to root rot,aphids
Co.1	Selection from germplasm	TNAU	dual purpose variety evolved at TNAU Tolerant to root rot
RMt- 1	Pure line selection from Naguar local	RAU, Jobner	Moderately resistant to root rot and tolerant to powdey mildew
RMt- 143	Pure line selection from local	-do-	Seeds mature 140-150 days after sowing, Moderately resistant to powdery mildew

Soil: A rich well drained loamy soil is best suited for fenugreek cultivation.

Climate: Cool and comparatively dry, frost free climate

Season: June - July and October - November

Seed rate: 12 kg/ha is required

Seed treatment: Treated with Azospirillum 1.5 kg/ha + Trichoderma viride @ 50 g/ha for 12 kg of seeds.

Field preparation and sowing:

Prepare the main field to a fine tilth.
Add FYM 20 - 25 t/ha before last ploughing. Form beds and channels of 3.5 x 1.5 m.
Seeds are sown at a spacing of 20 X 15 cm. Spray pre-emergence herbicide Fluchloralin 700 ml in 500 lit of water per ha.

Manuring:
Basal- FYM 20 - 25 t/ha and N, P, K at 30:25:40 kg/ha.

Top dressing- 20 kg of N at 30 days after sowing.

Irrigation: First irrigation is given immediately after sowing, second on the third day and subsequently at 7 - 10 days intervals.

Aftercultivation: Plants are thinned at 20 - 25 days after sowing and the thinned seedlings are used as greens. One pinching at a height of about 4” will encourage branching.Weeding is done as and when necessary.

Plant protection:
Diseases
Root rot:
Root rot can be controlled by soil application of Neem cake @ 150 g/ha and seed treatment with Trichoderma viride @ 4g/kg of seed and drenching with Carbendazim 0.5 g/l or Copper oxychloride 2 g/litre.

Powdery mildew:
Dust Sulphur at 25 kg/ha or foliar spray with wettable sulphur 2 g/lit at the time of appearance of disease.

Crop duration and harvest:
20 - 25 days for greens
90 - 100 days for grains

Yield:
The yield of green : 4000 - 5000 kg/ha
Grains : 500 - 700 kg/ha