Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

An experiment comprising 9 treatments viz., Control (T₁), Rhizobium inoculated + RDF (T₂), Fe-Zn solubilizers (inoculated) + RDF (T₃), Fe-Zn solubilizers inoculated and Rhizobium + RDF (T₄), FeSO4 (uninoculated) + + RDF (T₅), FeSO4 ( Rhizobium and Fe-Zn solubilizers inoculated) + RDF (T₆), RDF+ ZnSO4 (uninoculated) + RDF (T₇), ZnSO4 ( Rhizobium and Fe-Zn solubilizers inoculated) + RDF (T₈), FeSO4 + ZnSO4 (uninoculated) + RDF (T9) were subjected in randomized block design with 3 replications at Research Farm of the University in Chickpea cv. Sadabahar, during Rabi 2022-23. FeSO4 (Rhizobium and Fe-Zn solubilizers inoculated) + RDF (T₆) was found to be the most effective treatment on growth parameters viz., initial plant population (10.76), plant height 27.64, 54.69, 66.39 and 68.09 cm, number of branches per plant 11.55, 16.22 and 17.66, number of leaves 682.50, 911.24 and 1,075.63, dry matter accumulation 1.97, 7.24, 10.14 at 30, 60, 90 DAS respectively and yield attributes i.e., pod length (3.70 cm), number seeds per pod (1.72), number of pods per plant (89.60) and seed index (19.30 g). maximum biological yield (59.48 q ha^-1), grain yield (24.39 q ha^-1) and straw yield (35.09 q ha-1) are also recorded with FeSO4 (Rhizobium and Fe-Zn solubilizers inoculated) + RDF (T₆) and maximum harvest index (44.96) with treatment Rhizobium inoculated + RDF (T₂). In the case of the B: C ratio, treatment FeSO4 (Rhizobium and Fe-Zn solubilizers inoculated) + RDF (T₆) recorded the highest B: C ratio (1.82).