Impact of organic manures and chemical fertilizers on soil health and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) productivity

Abstract

During the Rabi season of 2023-2024, a study on the “Impact of Organic Manures and Chemical Fertilizers on Soil Health and Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Productivity” was carried out at the Agriculture Research Farm of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Allied Industries, Rama University, Kanpur. For the study, the chickpea variety Ujjwal (IPCK 2004-29) was chosen. A Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications was used to lay out a total of eleven treatment combinations. The results showed that treatment T8 (75% DAP + Vermicompost (2.5 t/ha) + FYM (5 t/ha) had the highest grain yield (2799.30 kg/ha), the highest maximum plant population (32.00 and 25.00), the significantly highest plant height (16.27 cm) after 30 days after sowing, the significantly highest plant height (33.07 cm) after 60 days after sowing, the significantly maximum number of leaves per plant (18.7), the maximum number of leaves per plant (60.3 and 141.0), the most nodules (24.30), the maximum number of pods per plant (34.0), and the highest test weight of chickpea (141.6 g).