Comparison of Growth, Yield and Yield Components and Evaluation Indices in Mixed Cultivation of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) with Dill (Anethum graveolens)

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1 MSc of Crop ecology, Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran.

2 university of Tabriz

3 Professor of the Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Department of Crop Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

4 Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz,, Tabriz, Iran

5 PhD Student in Production and Post-Harvest Physiology of Medicinal Plants, Department of Horticultural Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

10.22034/saps.2025.59075.3140

Abstract

Background & Objective: This research was carried out in order to achieve the most suitable combination of cultivation in terms of spatial arrangement and to investigate its effect on the growth and yield and yield components of fenugreek and evaluation indices in mixed cultivation of fenugreek and dill.
Methods & Materials: The experiment was carried out in the form of a randomized complete block design with seven treatments and three replications in research farm of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Tabriz. Different cultivation patterns including the pure cultivation pattern of fenugreek and six patterns of mixed cultivation of these two plants including three patterns of increasing ratio (1:20, 1:40 and 1:60) and three different patterns of replacement ratio (1:1, 1:2 and 1:3) was considered.
Results: The results showed that the treatments 1:2 and 1:3 had the highest number of fertile branches, number of seeds per plant, number of plants in the main and secondary branches, seed weight per plant and yield. The highest concentration of fenugreek dry matter was obtained in treatments of 1:2 and 1:3, and the highest growth rate of the crop plant and the relative growth rate were obtained from pure cultivation of fenugreek.
Conclusion: Finally, the results show that dill is a suitable plant for mixed cultivation with fenugreek. So that replacement mixed cultivation of 1:2 and 1:3 as well as in additive mixed cultivation of 1:20 and 1:60 has improved fenugreek yield and can bring the most economic benefit to the farmer.

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Journal of Agricultural Science and Sustainable Production

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Available Online from 20 January 2027

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