Studies on effect of different organic manures and bio-fertilizers on yield attributes and yield of chickpea

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of biofertilizers and P levels on soil fertility, yield and nodulation in chickpea crop at Instructional Farm of Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India during rabi season 2015-16. The experimental soil having silty loam in texture, pH (1:2.5) 8.24, electrical conductivity (EC) 0.34 dS m-1, organic carbon 3.4 g kg-1, available N 180, P 18.2 and K 226 kg ha-1. All treatments were randomly allocated and replicated three times in a randomized block design was adopted for the experimentation. Better response in respect to improvement in count of microbial population was also observed in the same treatment after harvest of the crop. The improvement in soil properties was also observed with the same treatment after harvest of the crop. Thus, the recommendation of T7 (recommended dose of nitrogen through vermicompost + Rhizobium + PSB) may be made of eastern U.P. for profitable cultivation of chickpea in Rabi season.