Effect of Foliar Nutrition on Growth, Yield and Yield Attributes of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under Medium Black Calcareous Soil

Abstract

A study was conducted to laid out under medium black calcareous soil during rabi 2019-20 at the Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. The experiment followed a randomized block design (RBD) with three replications, comprising with 10 treatments. The results of the field study indicated that growth, yield and yield attributes of chickpea was significantly influenced by foliar nutrition. The growth, yield and yield attributes parameters viz., plant height (44.50 cm), no. of branches per plant (9.31), no. of nodules per plant (9.88), no. of pods per plant (42.65) and test weight (16.30 g), seed (2395 kg ha-1) and stover yield (3675 kg ha-1) were recorded significantly higher under 100% RDF + 1.0 % (Mono Ammonium Phosphate) at 30 and 45 DAS, at harvest, but plant population and number of seeds per pod did not affect significantly with foliar application of WSF at harvest. At 50 DAS plant height (34.78 cm) and number of branches per plant (6.35) are also significantly highest.