Evaluation of performance of chickpea genotypes for higher productivity under vertisol of Kalaburagi district, Karnataka

On farm trial (OFT) on farmers field was conducted to assess the performance of different varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in black cotton soils at Kalaburgi district of Karnataka, under the jurisdiction of ICAR-KVK, Kalaburgi-2, in the blocks of Jewargi and Chittapur of three villages with three farmers field during the 2021-22 and 2022-23. The OFT consists of three varieties of chickpea viz., Annigeri -1, BGD-111-1 and NBeG-3 and adopted standard package of practices recommended for chickpea for the region by UAS, Raichur. Among the tested varieties higher yield parameter, higher number of pods per plant (38.2) and pod weight per plant (17.16) and yield (3651 kg ha-1) was recorded in var. NBeG-3 compare to Annigeri-1(2945 kg ha-1) and BGD-111-1(3064 kg ha-1). Similarly with respect economics to higher gross returns (1,25,594), net returns (87,594) and B C ratio (3.31) were recorded with NBeG-3, followed by BGD-111-1, gross returns (1,05,402), net returns (69,902) and B C ratio (2.97) and lowest yield parameter, yield and economics gross returns (1,01,308), net returns (66,508) and B C ratio (2.91) were recorded in Annigeri-1.