Soil fertility, nutrient content and uptake as affected by fertility levels and cutting management in fenugreek

A field experiment was carried at Agricultural Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Aseda, Gujarat during three consecutive rabi season from the year 2020-21 to 2022-23. Experiment was comprised of total twelve combinations of treatment in which three fertilizer levels viz; F₁: 100% RDF, F₂: 125% RDF, F₃: 150% RDF and three cutting management C₁: No cutting (Only seed production), C₂: Cutting at 50 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production,C₃: Cutting at 40 and 70 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production, C₄: Cutting at 30, 50 and 70 DAS as leafy vegetable + seed production laid out in randomized block design with factorial concept in three replications. Higher value of nitrogen in soil was recorded under the treatment F₃ fertility levels and remained at par with F₂ fertility levels and C₄ cutting which remained statistically at par with C₂ and C₃ cutting, while organic carbon, Available phosphorus and available potash was non significantly affected by different level of fertility and cutting managements. Higher nutrient content in seed, straw and total uptake of nutrient also found significantly higher under F₃ fertility levels followed by F₂ and in case of cutting managements C₁ recorded higher values which remained statistically at par with the treatment C₂ cutting.