Effects of Biofertilizer and Phosphorus on Growth, Yield Components and Yield of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Crop Research Farm (CRF), Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj (UP) during Rabi 2021 to study the “Effects of Biofertilizer and Phosphorus on Growth, Yield Components and Yield of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L)”. It was consisting of three combinations of biofertilizer and phosphorus. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with ten treatments each replicated three times. The experiment results were revealed that the growth and yield parameters such as plant height (54.94 cm), number of nodules per plant (36.28), plant dry weight (23.71g/plant), number of pods per plant (34.29), number of seeds per pod (1.89), test weight (245.76 g) at harvest significantly recorded in T9 with the application of Rhizobium+PSB + Phosphorus 60kg/ha. Moreover, grain yield (2.07 t/ha), stover yield (3.58 t ha-1), gross return (108523.7 INR/ha), net return (75364.02 INR/ha) and B:C ratio (2.27) were also recorded higher in T9 which is Rhizobium+PSB + Phosphorus 60kg/ha compared to other treatments.