Estimate of growth and yield parameters of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars amenable to mechanical harvesting

Abstract

A field experiment was undertaken at Regional Agriculture Research Station, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh during Rabi 2017-18 on vertisols to estimate of growth and yield parameters of chickpea cultivars amenable to mechanical harvesting. The present investigation was carried out with six chickpea cultivars (GBM 2, NBeG-47, CSJ 515, HC 5, Phule G 08108 and BRC 1) sown at two different plant geometry (30 x 10 cm and 22.5 x 10 cm) in split plot design replicated thrice. Significantly higher number of branches (8.8) was observed under 30 x 10 cm (33 plants/ m2) when compared to 22.5 x 10 cm (44 plants/ m2) (7.7). Higher plant height (46.9 cm) lower days to 50% flowering observed with NBeG 47. Higher test weight (30.9 gm) was observed in NBeG 47. Higher seed yield was observed in GBM 2 (1474 kg/ha) and is at par with NBeG 47 (1346 kg/ha), Phule G 08108 (1374 kg/ha) and BRC 1(1348 kg/ha).