2025, Vol. 8, Special Issue 2

author(s)
Narendra Kumawat, Deepika Chourey and Pawan Patidar

abstract
A field experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture (RVSKVV), Indore during rabi 2020-21 to study the effect of micronutrients and bionoculants in relation to eight nutrient management treatments (T₁: Control, T₂: Zn @ 5 kg/ha, T₃: Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha, T₄: Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha + 0.5% foliar spray of ZnSO₄ at 30 DAS, T₅: Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha + seed treatment with molybdenum @ 2 g/kg seed, T₆: Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha + 0.5% foliar spray of ZnSO₄ at 30 DAS + seed treatment with molybdenum @ 2 g/kg seed, T₇: Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha + seed treatment with NPK consortia @10 ml/kg, T₈: Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha + 0.5% foliar spray of ZnSO₄ at 30 DAS + seed treatment with molybdenum @ 2 g/kg seed + NPK consortia @10 ml/kg seed). Results shows that the higher growth parameters (plant height, branches/plant, dry matter accumulation/plant) and physiological parameters (leaf area, leaf area index, CGR, RGR, Chlorophyll content) were observed with the application of Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha + 0.5% foliar spray of ZnSO₄ at 30 DAS + seed treatment with molybdenum @ 2 g/kg seed + NPK consortia @10 ml/kg seed in comparison to rest of the treatments. Significantly maximum seed yield (1899 kg/ha) was obtained with Zn @ 7.5 kg/ha + 0.5% foliar spray of ZnSO₄ at 30 DAS + seed treatment with molybdenum @ 2 g/kg seed + NPK consortia @10 ml/kg seed which was at par with T₅, T₆ and T₇. In terms of percentage seed yield increased by due to T₈ treatment by 24.68 over control. The straw yield and harvest index of chickpea did not influenced by various treatments. Thus, application of 7.5 kg/ha + 0.5% foliar spray of ZnSO₄ at 30 DAS along with seed treatment with molybdenum @ 2 g/kg seed and NPK consortia @10 ml/kg may be best practices for improving the growth and productivity of chickpea under rainfed conditions of Malwa Plateau region of Madhya Pradesh.