Author(s):

Shubham Sinha and Ajay Verma

Abstract: Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second-most important pulse crop after pigeonpea in the World for human diet and other use. It is cultivated in area of 13.54 million hectares with a total production of 13.10 million tonnes and average productivity of 967.6 kg/ha (FAO 2013). After measurement the physical properties of chickpea i.e. average aspect ratio, surface area, bulk density, true density, moisture content and porosity of chickpea were observed 75.54%, 157.379 mm², 709.55 kg/m³, 875.50 kg/m³, 19.81% and 18.62% respectively.in field performance the average speed of operation, field capacity and field efficiency of developed inclined plate planter were observed 3.5 km/h, 0.45 ha and 63.63% respectively. Plant height was found highest in T₁ at 30 DAS, 60 DAS, 90 DAS and at harvest i.e. 20.28 cm, 35.75 cm, 46.00 cm and 58.05 cm respectively followed by T₂, T₄, T₅ and T₃ respectively. Pods per plant were found highest in T₁ i.e.115.27 followed by T₂, T₃, T₅ and T₄ i.e. 113.38, 107.60, 107.11 and 105.62 respectively. Maximum grain yield of chickpea was found in T₁ which was 2826.67 kg/ha and minimum was observed in T₄ i.e. 2317.09 kg/ha. Grain yield of T₁ was found 18.63%, 3.26%, 21.99% and 20.45% greater than the T₂, T₃, T₄ and T₅ respectively. Cost of operation of developed inclined plate planter was calculated ₹ 1228.33 /- per hectare and energy requirement was 590.52 MJ/ha.

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