Response of varieties on different sowing dates on growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Gadde Vamsi Krishna, Shikha Singh and Anu Nawhal
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)a legume popularly known as “Gram” or “Bengal gram” plays an important role in Indian economy. It belongs to family Leguminoseae being a rich and cheap source of protein, can help people to improve the nutritional quality of their diet. A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2023-2024 at the Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). Entitled on “Response of varieties on different sowing dates on growth and yield of chickpea”, experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design and there were 9 treatments each being replicated thrice. To study treatments consisting of three varieties viz. JG-11, NBeG-47, NBeG- 49 and Sowing Dates viz. 25th October, 5th November, 15th November. The results revealed that significant and higher plant height (56.65 cm), Maximum No. of branches/plant (8.07), Maximum No. of Nodules/plant (13.13), higher plant dry weight (44.14 g), higher number of pods/plant (38.53), test weight (25.23g) higher seed yield (1.79 kg/ha), higher stover yield (3.63 kg/ha), maximum gross returns (1,26,539.00 INR/ha), maximum net returns (87091.00 INR/ha) and maximum B:C ratio (2.21) was recorded in treatment-1 [V1- JG-11 + 25th October]. It is concluded that, the different combinations of V1-JG-11 along with sowing date at 25th October in treatment-1 has performed better in growth parameters and yield of chickpea, which also was proven economically profitable.
Gadde Vamsi Krishna, Shikha Singh, Anu Nawhal. Response of varieties on different sowing dates on growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Int J Res Agron 2025;8(1S):568-572. DOI: 10.33545/2618060X.2025.v8.i1Sh.2498