Performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) varieties as influenced by sulphur with and without phosphorus

A 2-year field experiment was conducted at New Delhi during 1993–95 with 3 varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) (‘Biogreen’, ‘BG 256’ and ‘BG 209’) and 5 levels of S and P (0, 40, 80 kg S/ha, 40 kg S + 40 kg P₂O₅ and 80 kg S+40 kg P₂O₅/ha). ‘Biogreen’ recorded significantly higher seed yield than the other varieties, while ‘BG 209’ recorded the least seed yield. Application of S with or without P recorded significantly higher seed yield up to 40 kg S/ha only. Addition of P with S showed significantly higher seed yield than S alone. Most of the growth and yield attributes too showed similar trend except seeds/pod, test weight and harvest index.