Inter Faculty, Department of Irrigation Water Management, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, 413722, India
Online published on 5 October, 2016.
The field experiment conducted during the rabi season of 2009–2010 revealed that significantly higher grain yield of chickpea 19.38 q ha−1 was recorded with irrigation at 60 mm CPE on ridges and furrows layout with total consumptive use (397.5 mm) and WUE (4.29 kg ha−1 mm) over other treatments.
The lower grain yield (17.05 q ha−1) was recorded with irrigation at 40 mm CPE on flat bed which was minimum among all the treatments. The irrigation at 70 mm CPE recorded maximum WUE (6.52 kg ha−1 mm−1) with consumptive use (282.5 mm). Based on these observation It could be concluded that, growing of chickpea in sandy clay loam soil with surface method of irrigation at 60 mm CPE ratio on ridges and furrow is the best practice for higher productivity.
