Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management Through Organic Sources on Yield and Economics of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Bundelkhand Region

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the most important (third) food amongst legume, cultivated across the globe due to its nutritious property and cheaply available to the wide population rather than other nutrious food material. Over the time, use of chemical fertilizers has increased significantly, leading to the contamination of produce with toxic chemical elements which impart hazardous impact on human and animal health. The inclusion of natural substances (organic manures) likes; Farm yard manure, vermi-compost, poultry manure and seed treatment with PSB culture will have better consequences on soil and produce both.

The field experiment was conducted during Rabi Season of 2018–19 at karguan ji agriculture farm Bundelkhand University Jhansi (UP) to study on the effect of integrated nutrient management through organic sources on yield and economics of chickpea in Bundelkhand region. Experimental units were implemented in randomized block design (RBD) with three replications and nine treatments.

The entire yield attributes, i.e., number of pods plant^-1, weight of pods plant^-1, yield plant^-1 were found to be significantly maximum with the supplemented dose of (1/3 Farmyard manure+1/3 Vermi-compost+1/3 Poultry manure). The yield parameters such that grain yield, straw yield and biological yield were also found to be maximum when given with the supplemented dose of 1/3 Farmyard manure+1/3 Vermi-compost+1/3 poultry manure. The maximum net return of 116671 ha^-1 were obtained in the same above mentioned treatment and the highest benefit cost ratio was recorded in T₁ (100% through farmyard manure). Therefore, based on present study it can be concluded that application of (1/3 dose of Farmyard manure+1/3 dose of vermi-compost+1/3dose of poultry manure) is best suited for obtaining better yield and economics in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.