GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF KABULI CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.) GENOTYPES UNDER DIFFERENT PLANTING GEOMETRY AND FERTILITY LEVELS IN VINDHYA PLATEAU REGION

D.D. NAWANGE¹*, H.D. VERMA², HEMLATA VERMA^3
1Department of Agronomy, R.A. K. College of Agriculture, Sehore, 466001, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Department of Agronomy, R.A. K. College of Agriculture, Sehore, 466001, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Department of Agronomy, R.A. K. College of Agriculture, Sehore, 466001, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : devmail84@gmail.com

Received : 17-02-2018     Accepted : 04-03-2018     Published : 15-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 5       Pages : 5291 - 5293
Int J Agr Sci 10.5 (2018):5291-5293

Keywords : Planting geometry, Fertility levels, Genotypes, Growth, Yield parameters
Academic Editor : Dr Abhishek Naik
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author are thankful to Department of Agronomy, R.A. K. College of Agriculture, Sehore, 466001, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, for providing facilities and important stuff and technical guidance during the course of investigation of M.Sc. research work.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A filed experiment was conducted at R.A.K. College of Agriculture, Sehore farm during two continues Rabi seasons 2007-08 and 2008-09. This study aimed at evaluating the agronomic performance of two Kabuli chickpea genotypes under different planting geometry and fertility levels. The experiment was laid out in Factorial RBD with three replications. The experiment consisted of eight treatment combinations, two Kabuli chickpea genotypes (Phule G 95333 and Phule G 0515), two plating geometry and two fertility levels. The result revealed that the genotypes Phule G -95333 recorded significantly higher grain and straw yield (1655.13 and 2375.29 kg/ha) as compared to genotype Phule G-0515 (1311.21 and 1793.20 kg/ha) and it is also observed that the all growth and yield parameters were higher with genotypes Phule G-95333 followed by genotypes Phule G-0515. The planting geometry (30 x10 cm) with a population of 33 plant/ha recorded the highest grain and straw yield (1754.21and 2395.70kg/ha) as compared to planting geometry (45 x10 cm) with a population of 22 plants/ha (1212.12 and 1722.80 kg/ha). However yield components like branch/plant, pods/plant and seed index were higher with wider planting geometry (45 x10 cm). The higher fertility levels of 30 N + 60 P2O5 + 30 K2O +20 S kg/ha produced higher values of grain and straw yield than lower fertility levels 20 N + 40 P2O5 + 20 K2O+ 20 S kg/ha (1385.28 and 1979.35 kg/ha). The growth and yield parameters followed the similar trend. The study indicated that Kabuli chickpea Phule G-95333 has better response to closer planting geometry and higher fertility levels under both years investigation.

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