Vol. 8 (5) : September-October 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (5) : 1157-1160 ; September-October, 2017
Influence of moisture regime on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of chickpea cultivars (Cicer arietinium L.)
SWETHA DASARI1*, SYED AHMAD HUSSAIN2 and V. SAILAJA3
Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar - 500 030, Hyderabad (Telangana)
Designation : 1P.G. Student *(swetha.dasari21@gmail.com), 2Professor, 3Associate Professor
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-6926
Total Pages : 4
Received : 21 July 2017
Revised accepted : 09 September 2017
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Citation :
SWETHA DASARI, SYED AHMAD HUSSAIN and V. SAILAJA. 2017. Influence of moisture regime on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of chickpea cultivars (Cicer arietinium L.). Green Farming Vol. 8 (5) : 1157-1160 ; September-October, 2017
ABSTRACT
The field experiment was conducted at College farm, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad during 2013-14 to study the effect of moisture regimes on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of chickpea cultivars. Significant effect of moisture regimes on plant height, number of branches plant-1 and dry matter production was observed at all growth stages (30, 60, 90 DAS and at harvest) where I4 (0.9 IW:CPE) gave superior performance which is on par with I3 (0.6 IW:CPE). Among moisture regimes, Irrigation scheduled at 0.6 IW:CPE (I3) produced significantly higher yield attributes and grain and haulm yields of chickpea but it was on par with 0.9 IW:CPE (I4). The JG-11 variety has produced higher grain yield than Annegiri and also revealed that N, P and K uptake was more in 0.6 IW:CPE (I3) but it was on par with 0.9 IW:CPE (I4) and significantly superior as compared to I1 (Rainfed) and I2 (0.3 IW:CPE) while, varieties did not differ significantly in respect of NPK uptake.
Key words :
Chickpea cultivars, Growth & yield attributes, Irrigation scheduling, IW/CPE ratio, NPK uptake.