Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

The new appraisal entitled “Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of late sown chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)’’ variety RVG (Raj Vijay Gram -202) was carried out at research farm of College of Agriculture and Research Station, Janjgir - Champa during the rabi season of 2022. The soil of the experimental site was a black soil. Field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Twelve treatments were tested viz. T₁ - 100% RDF through Inorganic fertilizer, T₂ - 100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1, T₃ - 100% RDF + NPK Consortia, T₄ - 100% RDF + Rhizobium culture, T₅ - 100% RDF + PSB, T₆ - 75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + NPK Consortia, T₇ - 75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + Rhizobium culture, T₈ - 75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + PSB, T₉ 50% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + NPK Consortia, T₁₀ 50% RDN + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + Rhizobium culture, T₁₁ - 50% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + PSB, T₁₂ - 75% RDF + 25% Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + PSB + Rhizobium culture. Application of T₁₂ - 75% RDF + 25% Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + PSB + Rhizobium culture, recorded significantly higher almost all the growth and yield attributes viz, plant height, number of branches plant^-1, dry matter accumulation plant^-1 number of pods plant^-1, Number of seeds pod^-1, 100 seed weight, seed yield. The least value of these parameters was recorded under the treatment T₉ - 50% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + NPK consortia which were at par with, T₄ -100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1, T5 - 100% RDF + PSB. Based on the experimental results, it could be concluded that, 75% RDF + 25% Vermicompost @ 2 tons ha^-1 + PSB + Rhizobium culture was found to be an ideal for late sown chickpea.