Enhancing productivity and profitability of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as influenced by enriched organic manures and liquid foliar management practices

During two successive rabi seasons of 2022-23 and 2023-24 at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, conducted a field experiment titled “Enhancing productivity and profitability of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as influenced by enriched organic manures and liquid foliar feeder’s management practices”. The soil of the experimental field was clayey loam in texture, alkaline in soil reaction, low in organic carbon and available nitrogen, medium in phosphorus and high potassium. Sixteen treatments, consisting of four organic manures in main plots and four liquid foliar feeders in sub plots were evaluated using split plot design with three replications. Treatment receiving enriched poultry manure with silica (M₂) recorded higher plant height, number of branches plant^-1, pods plant^-1, seed and haulm yield at harvest were also higher in treatments receiving foliar application of panchagavya @ 3% (F₃) which is statistically at par with foliar application of compost tea @ 5% (F₄). The lowest growth and yield parameters were obtained with control treatment.