Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Roshan Yengkokpam, Sakhen Sorokhaibam and Athokpam Kalpana

Abstract:
A field experiment entitled “Influence of Nutrient management on Nutrient Uptake and Status of Chickpea” was conducted at the experimental field of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Agricultural Sciences located at Utlou, Bishnupur district, Manipur during Rabi season 2019-2020 to study the performance of chickpea (JG-14) under different management of nutrient. The soil of the experimental site was clayey, strongly acidic (pH 5.2), high in organic carbon (1.04%), medium in available nitrogen (296.81 kg ha-1), medium in available P2O5 (46.47 kg ha-1) and medium in available K2O (254.00 kg ha-1). The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design consisting of seven treatments i.e., T₁: NPK @ 20:40:20, T₂: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20, T₃: NPK 20:40:20 + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₄: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (50%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₅: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (75%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₆: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (100%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application, T₇: NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (125%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application with three replications. The experimental results revealed that application of NPKS @ 20:40:20:20 (125%) + 0.5% Zn foliar application was found to be ideal for chickpea for better NPK and protein content and uptake and also observed the highest yield and assured income in rain fed condition.