Planting Techniques and Irrigation Levels Influenced on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

An experiment was carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Tanchha to evaluate chickpea performance under planting techniques and irrigation levels during two consecutive year of 2009–10 and 2010–11. Three irrigation levels as main plot treatment (viz., I₁: One irrigation at branching stage, I₂: One irrigation at pod development stage and I₃: Two irrigations at branching and pod development stages) and four Planting pattern as sub plot treatment (viz., P₁: Flat bed sowing, P₂: Furrow after two rows, P₃: Furrow after three rows and P₄: Furrow after four rows) with one control were evaluated in split plot design. Significantly higher grain (1122, 1152 and 1137 kg/ha, respectively) and stover (1960, 1838 and 1899 kg/ha, respectively) yields were recorded under application of two irrigation at branching and pod development stages and remained in the I₃ > I₂ > I₁ order of significance. Various planting techniques significantly improved the grain and stover yields of chickpea being maximum grain (1109, 1140 and 1125 kg/ha, respectively) and stover (1958, 1830 and 1894 kg/ha, respectively) yields were obtained under treatment furrow after four rows method of sowing. Application of two irrigation at branching and pod development stage and adopting furrow after four rows pattern of sowing produce higher and profitable yield of green gram.