Effect of seed priming, phosphorus and foliar spray of leaf extract on growth and yield of chickpea

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2022 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with ten treatments which are replicated thrice on the basis of one year experimentation. The treatments consisted of 3 levels of phosphorus (40, 60, 80 kg/ha), and Tulsi leaf extract 5%, Moringa leaf extract 15%, Neem leaf extract 10% as a foliar spray and a control. The application of Phosphorous 60 kg/ha + Neem leaf extract 10% recorded significantly higher Plant height (56.1 cm), Plant dry weight (42.21 g/plant), number of nodules per plant (31.0), number of branches per plant (19.0). Significantly maximum Seed yield (2182.02 kg/ha), stover yield (3148.08 kg/ha) were obtained in the treatment of Phosphorous 60 kg/ha + Neem leaf extract 10%. It was concluded that for obtaining higher yield components with better quality of Chickpea application of Phosphorous 60 kg/ha + Neem leaf extract 10% was recorded significantly maximum Seed yield (2182.02 kg/ha) as compared to other treatments. Since, the finding based on the research done in one season.