Effect of Zinc and Molybdenum on Growth and Yield of Chickpea

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to find out the Effect of Zinc and Molybdenum on growth and yield of chickpea (var. Pusa 362) with ten treatments in the rabi 2022-23, with different levels of Zinc (5, 10, 15 kg ZnSO4/ha) and Molybdenum (1, 1.5, 2 kg/ha) respectively, at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. By all these findings, significant and higher plant height (45.75cm), number of nodules/plant (20.78) plant dry weight (44.51g) number of pods/plant (32.65), number of seeds/pod (1.64), seed index (22.95g), seed yield (3.06 t/ha), stover yield (4.16 t/ha) and higher gross returns (INR 2,01,500.00), net returns (INR 1,54,383.00), B:C ratio (3.27) was recorded in treatment with the application of Zinc 15 kg/ha + Molybdenum 2 kg/ha.