Effect of Nipping and Plant Growth Regulator on Growth and Yield of Chick Pea (Cicer arietinum)

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS ,Prayagraj(U.P.)in rabi 2021 to study the "Effect of nipping and plant growth regulator on growth and yield of Chick pea (Cicer arietinum)".It was consisting of three combinations of nipping and plant growth regulators. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with nine treatments each replicated thrice. The experiment results revealed that the growth parameters and yield parameters such as Plant height (23.93cm),Number of Nodules (22.00cm),Dry weight (11.41cm),Number of Branches (8.20cm), crop growth rate(16.96) Recorded highest At harvest, Significantly recorded in treatment T2 with application of Nipping and GA3 at 100ppm. Moreover, No.of pods/plant (56.40),No.of seeds/pod (1.53),Test weight(264.82),Seed Yield (3.43t/ha),Harvest index (41.34%),Gross return (154,350.00),Net return(107,252.50),and were also recorded significantly higher in the treatment T4 With application of Nipping and NAA at 50ppm among all treatments.