Evaluation of Growth and Yield of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Influenced by Biofertilizers and Phosphorus

Abstract

The field experiment entitled “Evaluation of growth and yield of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) influenced by Biofertilizers and Phosphorus” was conducted during rabi season, 2022 at Crop Research Farm in the Department of agronomy, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh. The treatment consisted of three levels of Biofertilizer Rhizobium, PSB and Rhizobium + PSB Phosphorus (20, 40 and 60 kg/ha) and control. The experiment was layout in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 10 treatments and replicated thrice. Application of (Rhizobium + PSB + Phosphorus 60 kg/ha) produces higher plant height (48.85 cm), maximum number of nodules/plant (23.73) and higher dry weight (36.87 g), maximum number of pods/plant (49.67), maximum number of grains/pod (1.93), higher seed yield (1537.20 kg/ha), straw yield (3195.12 kg/ha).