Response of Different Level of Phosphorus, Zinc and Rhizobium Inoculation on Growth Yield Attributes and Yield of Chickpea (Cicer aretinum L.)

Abstract

The present field experiment was conducted during the Rabi season of 2020-21 and 2021-22 at the Student's Instructional Farm of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The experiment comprised of 18 treatment combinations in Factorial randomized block deign with three replications. The result shown among the growth parameters the following assessed data: maximum plant height (48.56 cm) at 90 DAS, the number of nodules (31.27) at 60 DAS, dry weight of nodules (185.77 mg) at 60 DAS and the number of branches (18.12), similarly among yield attributes and yield viz. number of pod plant-1 (69.54), number of grains pod-1 (1.78), 100 grain weight (20.19 gm), grain yield (20.89 q ha-1) and stover yield (25.26 q ha-1) were recorded under T18 (P60+Zn2.5+ rhizobium) during the second year (2021-22) of experimentation. The application of phosphorous, zinc and rhizobium inoculation significantly increase growth, yield and yield attributes of chickpea during the both years of experiments. The present study shown that application of phosphorus, zinc and rhizobium inoculation along with recommended nitrogen and potassium could been an effective option for enhancing the chickpea growth parameters, yield attributes and yield of chickpea.