Vol. 10, Issue 4 (2021)

Author(s):
Sandeep Yadav, Suresh Kumar, Kumar Anshuman, Nandan Singh and Anurag Srivastava

Abstract:
A field study was carried out at Instructional Farm Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P.) during Rabi season 2017-2018 to evaluate effect of different bio-fertilizers on growth, yield attributes and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The experiment was comprised with eight treatments (T₁) Control + RDF 100%, (T₂) Azotobacter, (T₃) Rhizobium, (T₄) Phosphorus solubilizing bacteria (PSB), (T₅) Rhizobium + PSB, (T₆) Rhizobium + Azotobacter, (T₇) Azotobacter + PSB, (T₈) Rhizobium + PSB + Azotobacter. The result revealed that among all the treatments, Rhizobium + PSB + Azotobacter (T₈) treatment recorded maximum growth attributes, yield and yield attributes which is closely followed by T₅ (Rhizobium + PSB). Application of Rhizobium + PSB+ Azotobacter also exhibited maximum values of gross return, net returns and benefit cost ratio.