Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

A field experiment entitled “Effect of nutrient management on yield attributes and yield of chickpea” was conducted at the experimental field of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Agricultural Sciences located at Utlou, Bishnupur district, Manipur during rabi season 2019-2020 to study the performance of chickpea (JG-14) under different management of nutrient. The soil of the experimental site was clayey, strongly acidic (pH 5.2), high in organic carbon (1.04%), medium in available nitrogen (296.81 kg ha^-1), medium in available P₂O₅ (46.47 kg ha-¹) and medium in available K₂O (254.00 kg ha^-1). The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design consisting of seven treatments i.e. T₁: NPK @ 20:40:20, T₂: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20, T₃: NPK@ 20:40:20 + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₄: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (50%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₅: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (75%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₆: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (100%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₇: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (125%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application with three replications. Considering the overall economics of the treatments, the net returns and benefit cost ratio were found to be higher with treatment T₇: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (125%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application. The experimental results revealed that application of NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (125%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application was found to be ideal for chickpea for high yield and assured income in rainfed condition.