Response of different levels of phosphorus on growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

The study titled “Response of different levels of Phosphorus on growth and yield of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)” was designed with the objective to evaluate different levels of phosphorus on the growth and yield of chickpeas effectively. The experiment was conducted at the student research farm, department of Agronomy, School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat (M.P.) during the rabi season of the year 2021-22. A set of seven treatments viz., T1-Phosphorus @ 0 kg/ha, T2-Phosphorus @ 15 kg/ha, T3-Phosphorus @ 25 kg/ha, T4-Phosphorus @ 35 kg/ha, T5-Phosphorus @ 45 kg/ha, T6-Phosphorus @ 55 kg/ha and T7- Phosphorus @ 65 kg/ha were tested in randomized block design with 3 replications. Chickpea (var. AKG1109) was sown at 30.0 cm x 10.0 cm row-to-row and plant-to-plant spacing on October, 25th 2021. All the fertilizers and nutrients were applied as per the treatments. Based upon this experiment it is concluded that application of phosphorus @ 65 kg/ha recorded the maximum and significantly higher grain yield of chickpea (18.89 q/ha), gross monetary returns (₹ 96654.00 Rs/ha), net monetary returns (₹ 73406.00 Rs/ha) and highest B: C ratio of 3.16: 1. Hence, it can be concluded that application of phosphorus @ 65 kg/ha obtained B: C ratio >3.0, can be used as a remunerative strategy.