Effect of Row Spacing and Nitrogen on Growth and Yield of Coriander (Coriandrum sativumL.)

Effect of plant geometry on growth, yield and quality of different varieties of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.)

“…In the present study, plant geometry of 20 cm ×15 cm recorded minimum days for 50%flowering and for maturity. The results are in agreement with Malhothra and Vashishtha (2008), Meena et al (2012) in nigella and Sharma et al (2016) in coriander. In contrast with this fresh weight and dry weight were maximum with plant geometry 30 cm ×15 cm.…”

“…Increase in plant height in narrow spacing might be due to less plant canopy which facilitated vertical growth by producing weak, lanky and taller plants due to stiff competition for space, light, nutrients and moisture. Similar results were also reported by Kumar et al (2015) in fenugreek, Muvel et al (2015) in ajwain and Sharma et al (2016) in coriander. In contrast with this the number of branches per plant were more in broader spacing 30 cm ×15 cm when compared to narrow spacing 20 cm ×15 cm.…”

Effect of spacing and biofertilizers on growth and yield of garden cress (<em>Lepidium staivim</em> L.)

“…So with increase in spacing, there was significant reduction in plant height. It is well known fact that when availability of land area per plant reduces, competition among crop plants for solar radiation interception increases [7,8] . Significantly highest number of primary branches (19.12), number of leaves (44.0) per plant and dry matter accumulation per plant (44.90 g) was recorded by application of A. chroococcum and PSB with the spacing of 45 cm x 20 cm (T 6 ) (Table 1).…”

“…The increase in number of primary branches and number of leaves per plant could be due to enhanced vegetative growth, because of increased cell division and cell elongation in the auxiliary buds triggered by various activities and increased photosynthesis and growth promoting substances produced by the biofertilizers which inturn increased the laterals due to arrest of apical dominance [5] . With increase in spacing, availability of land area per plant also increases which encourages the production of number of branches and leaves per plant [7,9,10] . Significantly highest biomass production per hectare (7.19 t) was noticed with the application of A. chroococcum and PSB with spacing of 30 cm x 10 cm (T 1 ) (Table 2).…”

“…The overcrowding of plants at closer spacing the growth attributes of the crop reduced but significantly higher biomass was obtained due to more number of plants per unit area. The increased biomass production per unit area might be due to the higher plant population per hectare in closer spacing than at wider spacing [7,11] . Significantly highest seed yield per hectare (1.85 t) was recorded with application of A. chroococcum and PSB with spacing of 30 cm x 10 cm (Table 2).…”