Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during
Rabi season of 2016-17 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Allahabad, (U.P) to study the effect of levels of phosphorus and zinc on growth and yield of
Kabuli Chickpea (
Cicer kabulium L.) var. Pusa-1088. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The experiment consisted of twelve treatment combinations comprising of four levels of Phosphorus (@ 40, 50, 60 and 70 kg P ha
-1) along with three levels of Zinc (@ 0, 15 and 20 kg ZnSO
4 ha
-1) in combination with basal application of Nitrogen and Potassium each @ 20 and 40 kg ha
-1. The experimental results revealed that Soil application (Basal) of Phosphorus and Zinc @ 70 kg P, 20 kg ZnS0
4 ha
-1 recorded significantly higher dry weight (35.00 g plant
-1), more no. of branches (19.5 plant
-1), pods plant
-1 (55.99), grains pod
-1 (1.45) and maximum Seed index (44.86 g)and seed yield (3387 kg ha
-1). The interaction of Phosphorus and Zinc was significant for all the major parameters. These results suggested that the application of P and Zn to
Kabuli Chickpea affect its yield significantly and also found that P fertilizer @ 70 kg ha
-1 and ZnSO
4 @ 20 kg ha
-1 proved effective for optimum production.