Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Jonnala Pujitha, Vikram Singh, Shruti G George and Vivek

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted during Rabi, 2020 at Central Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P.). To study the “Effect of Spacing and Sulphur levels on growth and yield of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”. There were 9 treatments each replicated thrice. The treatment consists of 3 levels of Spacing (30, 40, 50 cm × 15 cm) and 3 levels of Sulphur (20,30,40 kg/ha) as basal application, whose effect was observed on chickpea. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design. The results revealed that growth parameters viz. plant height (56.58 cm) at 140 DAS, number of nodules per plant (42.65) at 60 DAS, dry weight (22.85 g/plant) at 140 DAS and crop growth rate (1.91 g/m²/day) at 120-140 DAS were recorded superior with the application of Spacing 30 cm + Sulphur 40 kg/ha. Similarly, significantly higher yield and yield parameters viz. number of pods/plant (48.74), number of seeds/pod (1.50), seed yield (3.18 t/ha) and B:C ratio (1.76) were recorded with application of treatment Spacing 30 cm + Sulphur 40 kg/ha.