Vol. 7 (4) : July-August 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (4) : 884-888 ; July-August, 2016
Effect of phosphorus and sulphur levels on the growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
MUKESH KUMAR PANDEY1*, AJAY VERMA2 and PRAMOD KUMAR3
Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur - 492 012 (Chhattisgarh)
Designation : 1Research Associate *(mukesh.panday7@gmail.com), 2Principal Scientist & PI, 3SRF
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-4314
Total Pages : 5
Received : 01 October 2015
Revised accepted : 24 May 2016
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Citation :
MUKESH KUMAR PANDEY, AJAY VERMA and PRAMOD KUMAR. 2016. Effect of phosphorus and sulphur levels on the growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Green Farming Vol. 7 (4) : 884-888 ; July-August, 2016
ABSTRACT
A study on the effect of phosphorus and sulphur levels on the growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) (variety Vaibhav) in rainfed conditions was conducted during the rabi season of 2013-14 and 2014-15. The combination of 16 treatments and three replications of phosphorus and sulphur doses were tested in factorial randomized block design. Four phosphorus doses (0, 30, 60, and 90 kg P2O5/ha) and four sulphur doses (0, 10, 20 and 30 kg S/ha) were used. Crops were sown by seed drill at 450 mm row to row spacing in the last week of October in both the years. The seed rate was kept 80 kg/ha. The effect of treatment was evaluated on different characters of crop growth, yield attributes, yields, economics and quality of produce. Interaction effect of phosphorus and sulphur levels in plant height was higher up to 60 kg P2O5/ha and up to 20 kg S/ha. Similarly the number of primary and secondary branches, biological yield, grain yield and straw yield were increased with doses i.e. up to 60 kg P2O5 /ha and up to 20 kg S/ha. The best quality of grains of chickpea was obtained with the combined application of 60 kg P2O5 ha and 20 kg S/ha.
Key words :
Chickpea, Growth & yield attributes, Interaction affects, Phosphorus & sulpur level, Protein content.