Effect of Phosphorous and Vermicompost on Growth Characterstics and Yield of Chickpea (Cicer aretinum L.)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Rajaula Agriculture farm, of Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya Chitrakoot, Satna (M.P.) during Rabi season of 2021-22. To study the effect of phosphorous and vermicompost on growth parameters, yield components and yield of chickpea the experiment comprised of 12 treatment combinations in randomized block design with three replications. Chickpea variety GNG-1958 (Marudhar) was grown with the recommended agronomic practices. On the basis of the results emanated from present investigation, it could be concluded that application of P2O5 @ 75 kg ha-1 + V @ 5.0 t ha-1 significantly recorded maximum growth parameters such as viz. plant height at 90 days (42.7 cm), number of leaves at 60 days (27.2) and number of nodule plant-1 (13.4), maximum yield attributing characters such as number of pod plant-1 (60.8), number of seed plant-1 (64.4) and seed index (27.56 gm). Similarly the maximum seed yield (17.2 q ha-1) was associated with the treatment fertilized with P2O5 @ 75 kg ha-1 + V @ 5.0 t ha-1.

Residual Effect of Phosphate Amendments on Agronomic Parameters of Rainfed Rice in Three Agroecological Zones of Côte d'Ivoire

“…T6). These results reflect a more significant effect of PRM years after its application as already indicated in various studies [16.28.29.27] which have indicated that the application of phosphate rocks generates residual effects in the years following their application [30][31][32].…”