Legume Research
Web of Science
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue: 9

Response of IWM Strategies on Growth, Nodulation, Productivity and Profitability in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) under Haryana Conditions

  • Author:
  • Isha Ahlawat1, Todarmal1, Sumit Bhardwaj1,*, K.K. Bhardwaj2, Garima Dahiya2, Abhishek1, Anjali Rana1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 1541 to 1546

1Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India

2Department of Soil Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India

*Corresponding Author: Sumit Bhardwaj, Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India, Email: sumitbhardwaj909@hau.ac.in

Online published on 7 February, 2026.

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the effects of IWM strategies on growth, nodulation and nutrient uptake in Trigonella foenum-graecum L. under Haryana conditions.

Field experiments were conducted for two successive years with Trigonella foenum-graecum L. sown at Agronomy Research farm (29°10'N, 75°46'E), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana during 2018-19 and 2019-20 to investigate the impact of factors on growth and economics of Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Among the integrated treatments, application of pendimethalin + imazethapyr (RM) at 1500 g ha-1 + one hoeing at 3-4 leaf stage recorded maximum nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake by seed and haulm and was found to be at par with weed free check. PRE pendimethalin + imazethapyr (RM) at 1500 g ha-1 + one hoeing at 3-4 leaf stage provided highest net returns (Rs. 27,579 ha-1) and highest B: C (2.13) was observed in PRE pendimethalin + imazethapyr (RM) at 1500 g ha-1, respectively. This article aims to document the role of IWM and concludes that coupling pendimethalin and imazethapyr and supplementing them with one hand hoeing will provide effective weed management.

Keywords

Economics, Hoeing, Imazethapyr, Nodulation, Nutrient