Effect of foliar application of premix liquid fertilizers on growth, yield and economics in chickpea

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out at Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, G.H. Raisoni University, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh during Rabi season 2019, Effect of foliar application of premix liquid fertilizers on growth, yield and economics of chickpea. Five liquid fertilizers comprised of treatments only RDF of application RDF + Liquid fertilizers (premix) @ 500 ml ha-1, RDF + Liquid fertilizers (premix) @ 1.0 litre ha-1, RDF + Liquid fertilizers (premix) @ 1.5 litre ha-1, RDF + Sea weed extract @ 500 ml ha-1, ontrol (Only RDF). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with thrice replication. The experimental results revealed that the growth attributing characters of chickpea crop viz., plant height and dry matter accumulation plant-1, yield attributes (Pods plant-1, dry weight of pods plant-1, seed pod-1 and seed index ), Maximum grain yield (1893 q ha-1), straw yield (2784 q ha-1), gross monetary returns (87847 Rs. ha-1), net monetary returns (59542 Rs. ha-1) and benefit cost ratio (3.10) were recorded under application of RDF + Liquid fertilizers (premix) at 1 litre ha-1 as compared to rest of the treatments.