2024, Vol. 7, Issue 10, Part H

author(s)
Swati N Thakre, Padmaja H Kausadikar, Ommala D Kuchanwar and RB Deshmukh

abstract
The present investigation entitled “Response of chickpea to foliar grade micronutrients" was conducted during the rabi season of 2023-2024 at Net House, Soil Science Section, College of Agriculture, Nagpur. The experiment was carried out as pot culture study in completely randomized design with eight treatments. T₁: Water spray at 25 DAS, T₂: Water spray at 50 DAS, T₃: 5 ml L^-1 at 25 DAS, T₄: 5 ml L^-1 at 50 DAS, T₅: 7.5 ml L^-1 at 25 DAS, T₆: 7.5 ml L^-1 at 50 DAS, T₇: 10 ml L^-1 at 25 DAS, T₈: 10 ml L^-1 at 50 DAS. The application with 7.5 ml L^-1 micronutrient grade X at 50 DAS (T₆) resulted in significantly higher number of branches, with 4.13 branches (at 50 DAS), 6.97 branches (at 60 DAS), 4.50 nodules plant^-1, highest dry matter yield (1.67 g plant^-1, 8.33 g pot^-1) and plant height, soil chemical properties demonstrated stable condition with the application of micronutrient grade X at both 25 DAS and 50 DAS.