Effect of Panchagavya on growth, yield and economics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2014-15 at Agronomy Instructional Farm, C. P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, to study the “Effect of panchagavya on growth, yield and economics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum). The result reported that among different treatments, foliar spray of panchagavya @ 4% at branching and flowering stage showed its superiority by producing the highest plant (54.9 cm), number of nodules/plant (15.67), fresh (157.57 mg) and dry (52.67 mg) weight of nodules/plant, seed (2054 kg/ha) and stover (2483 kg/ha) yield of chickpea along with maximum net return of ₹ 50008 and B:C ratio of 3.05.