Nutrient Management Through Organic Sources in Chickpea

Abstract

Background: Chickpea is the third most important food legume grown globally and provides nutritious food for an increasing world population. Considering the environmentally friendly and improves and maintains soil fertility force to use organic manures. The organic amendments like composts and vermicompost have a positive influence on the quality of soil. Further, combined application of Rhizobium and phosphate solubilizing bacteria along with organic manure has increased nodulation, growth and yield parameters in chickpea. In view of above consideration, the present investigation entitled “nutrient management through organic sources in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)” was carried out. Methods: The field experiment was conducted at Agronomy Farm, B.A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand during three consecutive rabi seasons of 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four replications. Result: Based on three years investigation data clearly brought out that significantly taller plants, higher number of branches, number of pods per plant, seed index and seed yield were recorded in application of 10 kg nitrogen through vermicompost and bio-NP 1.0 litre ha-1, but it was at par with application of 10 kg nitrogen through NADEP along with Bio NP 1.0 litre ha-1 and 20 kg nitrogen through NADEP. Among all the treatment, higher value of BCR was observed under application of 10 kg nitrogen through vermicompost along with Bio NP 1 litre ha-1.