Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Anshul Singh, Devendra Singh, Ravindra Kumar, RS Chandel, Sudhir Pal and Satyaveer Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at Students’ Instructional Farm, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to study the impact of organic, inorganic and biofertilizers on yield attributes and quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) during Rabi season for two consecutive years (2018-19 and 2019-20). The experiment comprised of 14 treatments combinations viz, T₁(Control), T₂ (100% RDF), T₃ (75% RDF), T₄ (50% RDF), T₅ (100% RDF+ FYM @ 5 t ha^-1), T₆ (100% RDF + VC @ 3 t ha^-1), T₇ (100% RDF + Rhizobium + PSB), T₈ (75% RDF+ FYM @ 5 t ha^-1), T₉ (75% RDF + VC @ 3 t ha^-1), T₁₀ (75% RDF + Rhizobium + PSB), T₁₁ (50% RDF +FYM @ 5 t ha^-1), T₁₂ (50% RDF+VC @ 3t ha^-1), T₁₃ (50% RDF + Rhizobium +PSB), T₁₄ (FYM @ 5 t ha^-1+ VC @ 3 t ha^-1+ Rhizobium +PSB) in randomized block design with three replications. Chickpea variety KGD-1168 was grown with the recommended agronomic practices. Results showed that among the different treatments combination, application of 100% RDF with Rhizobium and PSB significantly higher yield attributes, viz. number of pods/plants, numbers of seeds/pod except test weight and higher protein content in grain of chickpea.