Legume Research - An International Journal

Web of Science
  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue: 2

Performance of chickpea varieties under varied dates of sowing in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh

  • Author:
  • S.K. Chaitanya, V. Chandrika
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 137 to 139

S.V. Agricultural College, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad - 500 030, India.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi 2001–2002 on sandy loam soils of Tirupati with three chickpea varieties (ICCV-10, ICCV-2 and Annegiri-1) sown on four different dates (October 15, November 1, November 15 and December 1). The chickpea variety ICCV-10 recorded higher level of yield attributes and yield (475 kg ha−1). Among the four dates of sowing, November 1 sown crop recorded higher yield attributes and yield (579 kg ha−1).