Effect of fertility levels and biofertilizers on agrophysiological performance, productivity and quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

GAURAV VERMA; DEEN DAYAL YADAV; V K SHARMA; AMIT KUMAR; RAMESH KUMAR SINGH; PRAVIN KUMAR UPADHYAY; GAURENDRA GUPTA

doi:10.56093/ijas.v89i9.93494

Authors

GAURAV VERMA Corresponding author, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208 002, India
DEEN DAYAL YADAV Professor, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208 002, India
V K SHARMA Principal Scientist, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208 002, India
AMIT KUMAR Scientist, ICAR RC for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya
RAMESH KUMAR SINGH PhD student, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208 002, India
PRAVIN KUMAR UPADHYAY Scientist, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208 002, India
GAURENDRA GUPTA Scientist, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhans

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v89i9.93494

Keywords:

Agrophysiological performance, Chickpea, Fertility levels, Productivity, Quality

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during winter (rabi) of 2016â€“17 at the Students' Instructional Farm of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to evaluate the effect of different fertility levels and biofertilizers on agrophysiological performance, productivity and quality of late sown chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The experiment comprised of 12 treatment combinations in split plot design which comprised 4 treatments [F1 (control), F2 (RDF 100%), F3 (75% RDF), F4 (50% RDF)] in main plot and 3 treatments [B1 (Rhizobium + PSB), B2 (Rhizobium + PGPR) and B3 (Rhizobium + PSB + PGPR)] in sub plots with three replications. Results showed that among the different fertility levels, application of 100% RDF significantly enhanced agrophysiological performance, yield attributes, yield, and protein yield over the control. Among the different biofertilizers treatments application of Rhizobium + PSB + PGPR had significantly improved agrophysiological performance, yield attributes, seed yield and protein yield as compared to Rhizobium + PGPR. The combined application of 100% RDF with Rhizobium + PSB + PGPR resulted in significantly higher seed yield of late sown chickpea during winter (rabi).

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