Effect of organic manures and plant extracts on growth and yield of chickpea, Cicer arietinum L. at Limboor village of Nizamabad district, Telangana state

Abstract

A field experiment on “Effect of Organic Manures and Plant Extracts on growth and yield of Chickpea, Cicer arietinum L.” was carried out at Limboor village of Nizamabad District, Telangana State. The highest plant height 60.493 cm was observed in T1-Vermicompost (10 t/ha) + NSKE (5%) followed by T6 - Poultry manure (5 t/ha) + chilli garlic extract (100 gm/lit) with 57.963 which was on par with T2 -Vermicompost (10 t/ha) + chilli garlic extract (100 gm/lit), T3 -Vermicompost (10 t/ha) + tobacco leaf decotion (5% W/v), T4 -Vermicompost (10 t/ha) + pongamia seed extract (5% W/v), T5 - Poultry manure (5 t/ha) + NSKE (5%). The more branches per plant 7.567 no. was recorded in T1, which was on par with T8 - Poultry manure (5 t/ha) + pongamia seed extract (5% W/v) with 7.620 no. followed by T5 - Poultry manure (5 t/ha) + NSKE (5%). T1-Vermicompost (10 t/ha) + NSKE (5%) recorded the highest i.e. 69.94 no. of pods per plant with 1569.45 kg/ha grain yield and it was significantly different from other treatments followed by T5 - Poultry manure (5 t/ha) + NSKE (5%).