Legume Research
Web of Science
  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue: 3

Assessment of Growth, Yield, Soil Temperature and Dew Deposition in Chickpea under Different Growing Environments and Varietal Conditions

  • Author:
  • Renu1*, Anil Kumar1, Raj Singh1, Ankit Phoughat1, Yogesh Rajrana1, Mehak Nagora2, Priyanka3
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 443 to 450

1Department of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India.

2Department of Agronomy, Regional Research Station, Bawal, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India.

3Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India.

Corresponding Author: Renu, Department of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India. Email: renuthurdak5454@gmail.com

Abstract

Chickpea is a climate-sensitive legume crop and its growth and yield are influenced by sowing time, variety and microclimatic conditions. With increasing weather variability, understanding the effects of soil temperature and dew deposition is essential. This study aimed to assess growth, yield and environmental interactions across different sowing dates and chickpea varieties under field conditions.

The field study entitled “Assessment of Growth, Yield, Soil Temperature and Dew Deposition in Chickpea under Different Growing Environments and Varietal Conditions” was conducted in Rabi 2021–22 and 2022–23 at Research farm of Department of Agricultural Meteorology, CCS HAU, Hisar (Lat.: 29°10'N; Log.: 75°46'E; Alt.: 215.2 m). The study comprised of four sowing dates as main plot treatments viz. D1 (16th November 2021, 15th November 2022), D2 (23rd November 2021, 21st November 2022), D3 (29th November 2021, 29th November 2022) and D4 (8th December 2021, 6th December 2022) comprising five varieties as sub plot treatments viz. V1 (HC 1), V2 (HC 3), V3 (HC 5), V4 (HC 6) and V5 (HC 7) in split plot design with three replications.

The crop growth and development were found the highest in early sown crop D1. Among different growing environments D1 sown crop produced maximum yield attributes and yield in 2021–22 and D3 sown crop in 2022–23. Among different varieties, the maximum yield attributes and yield was observed in HC 7 and minimum in HC 3 at harvest during both the crop seasons. Soil temperatures decreased from planting to vegetative phase among different growing environments and highest soil temperature was found in D1 sown crop during both seasons. Among the different growing environments, D3 sown crop had significant maximum accumulated dew amount (65.70 mm, 100.35 mm) at 90 DAS.

Keywords

Chickpea, Development, Dew, Growth, Soil temperature