Yield and economics of rainfed chickpea as influenced by sowing time and sowing methods

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2017-18 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore to study the influence of sowing time and methods on the productivity and economics of rainfed chickpea. The field experiment was laid out in Strip plot design with four time of sowing comprised of October last week, November first week, November second week and November third week and four methods of sowing viz., broadcast, line, seed drill and country plough sowing. The sixteen treatment combinations were replicated thrice. Chickpea variety JG 11 was used. November first week with country plough sowing resulted in higher grain yield (967 kg ha-1), gross return (Rs. 44,458 ha-1), net return (Rs. 19,819 ha-1) and B:C ratio (1.80) Followed by line sowing during November third week.