Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Deepak Kumar Rawat, Chandrabhushan Verma, Anil Kumar Singh, Amit Kumar and Janki Prasad

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of varieties and micronutrient applications on growth and quality of chickpea during two consecutive rabi seasons of years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three varieties in main plot viz. (V₁) KGD-1168, (V₂) Radhey and (V₃) KWR-108 and seven micronutrient treatments in sub plots viz. (M₁) Control, (M₂) Zinc @ 0.5%, (M₃) Boron @ 0.2%, (M₄) Iron @ 0.1%, (M₅) Zinc @ 0.5% + Boron @ 0.2%, (M₆) Zinc @ 0.5% + Iron @ 0.1% and (M₇) Zinc @ 0.5% + Boron @ 0.2% + Iron @ 0.1%. The results reported that the higher growth parameters viz. plant height, number of branches plant^-1, fresh weight plant^-1 and dry weight plant^-1 were recorded with variety Radhey. However it was statistically at par with variety KWR-108 during both the experimental years. Among the micronutrients, application of M₇ (Zinc @ 0.5% + Boron @ 0.2% + Iron @ 0.1%) recorded higher growth parameters with quality produce which were at par with Zinc @ 0.5% + Boron @ 0.2% and Zinc @ 0.5% + Iron @ 0.1%.