Effect of different organic and inorganic fertilizers on nutrient content, uptake and quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Students’ Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur (U.P.) in Rabi season for two consecutive years (2017-18 and 2018-19). The soil of the experimental field was sandy loam in texture, poor in fertility in respect of available nitrogen and organic carbon and medium in respect of available phosphorus, available potassium, available Zinc and available Boron. Soil was slightly alkaline in reaction (pH 7.70). The experiment was conducted in Split Plot Design (SPD) with three replications and twenty one treatments combination. The main plot was consisting of three fertility levels (100%RDF (20:60:20NPK kg/ha), 50%[email protected]/ha and 50%RDF+FYM@5t/ha) and sub plot consisting of seven micronutrient management treatments (control, Biofertilizers (PSB@6kg/ha)as basal, Micronutrients (Zn@5kg/ha) as basal, Boron (Bo@6kg/ha) as basal, PSB+Zn, PSB+Bo and PSB+Zn+Bo). Chick pea variety KWR-108 was grown with the recommended agronomic practices. The treatments effect was monitor in terms of quality of grain, nutrients content, uptake and availability of micronutrients in soil.