Effect of liquid organic sources on growth, yield and quality of chickpea [Cicer arietinum (L.)

Background: Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is also known as gram, Bengal Gram, or Spanish Pea and is considered to be the third most important pulse crop of the world. It is an important source of protein in human diet. It plays a significant role in sustaining production of the subsistence farming. There is a growing demand for chickpea due to its nutritional value as seeds of chickpea containing 20-22% protein, 60-62% carbohydrate, 5% fat and is rich in calcium and iron. Jeevamrit promotes immense biological activity in soil and makes nutrient available to crop. The application of jeevamrit improved the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, besides improving the efficiency of applied manure. Panchagavya an organic product is the potential source to play the role for promoting growth and providing immunity in plant system. It is a bio promoter with a combination of five products obtained from the cow viz. dung, urine, milk, curd and ghee. Panchagavya acts as growth promoter (75%) and immunity booster (25%) and exactly fills the missing link to sustain the organic farming without any yield loss. Keeping in view the importance of Panchagavya and jeevamrit for chickpea, the present investigation was conducted.Methods: In the present work, experiment was laid out in randomized block design i.e. with nine treatments combinations soil application of jeevamrit @ 500 lit/ha, soil application of Panchagavya @ 500 lit/ha, foliar application of jeevaamrit @ 5%,7.5%, 10% and, foliar application Panchagavya @ 1%, 3% and 5% on chickpea variety RSG-896 at Research farm of Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur.Results: On the basis of experimentation, it was concluded that foliar application of Panchagavya @ 3% and 5% found to be produced significantly higher plant height and dry matter accumulation at 50 DAS and at harvest, number of total and effective nodules plant-1 at 40 DAS, number of pods plant-1, number of seeds pod-1, seed yield, straw yield and biological yield, net return and B: C ratio as compared to rest of the treatments.