Vol. 11, Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
M Rajeshwari, YC Vishwanath, Vijayakumar B Narayanapur, Itigi Prabhakar, Vijaymahantesh and Anita R Ghandhe

Abstract:
An experiment was carried out on effect of geometry and fertilizer levels on growth and yield of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) under northern dry zone of Karnataka during rabi 2019-20 at department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic crops, College of Horticulture, Bagalkot. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications consisting of 3 levels of spacing (S₁: 60 × 20 cm, S₂: 60 × 30 cm and S₃: 60 × 40 cm) as main plot and 3 levels of fertilizer (F₁: 80:30:20, F₂: 90:40:30 and F₃: 100:50:40 NPK kg ha^-1 with 15 t FYM ha^-1) as sub plot with 9 treatment combinations. Among various spacing levels, 60 x 30 cm spacing has recorded highest seed yield (1234.12 g per plot) and (1714.06 kg ha^-1). Application of F₂ (90:40:30 N, P₂O_5, K₂O kg ha^-1) was found economical has it recorded higher seed yield of (1212.46 g plot^-1) and (1683.99 kg ha^-1).