Response of chickpea to available nutrients under conservation agriculture practices

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Agriculture Research Station, Kalaburagi, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, conducted during rabi 2016-17. To study the “Response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under conservation agriculture practices”. The trial was laid out in Split plot design with four replications and six treatments and three main plots and two sub plots. The results concluded that soils are slightly alkaline pH, EC (0.36 dS m-1) and low in soil organic carbon content. Among all the treatments, Zero Tillage with residue retention significantly recorded higher organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and sulphur also micronutrients like Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn in soil. It is concluded that the among all treatments zero tillage with residue retention was found best combination for higher chickpea crop yields compared to other of treatments.