Influence of FYM, molybdenum and weed management practices on nodulation, root growth and yield of chickpea
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53550/jfl.v21i4.1910Keywords:
Chickpea, Farmyard manure, Molybdenum, WeedAbstract
An experiment was carried out during rabi seasons of 2003-04 and 2004-05 at College Agronomy Farm, Anand Agricultural University, Anand to study the influence of FYM, molybdenum and weed management practices on nodulation, root growth and yield in chickpea. The results revealed that application of FYM @ 5 t/ha + molybdenum @ 1.5 kg/ha recorded the maximum nodules/plant, fresh and dry weight of nodules while the maximum seed yield was achieved with application of FYM @ 5 t/ha alone. Among the weed management practices, interculture + hand weeding carried out at 20 and 40 DAS recorded higher nodules, dry weight of nodules and seed yield
References
Masefield GB. 1957. The nodulation of annual leguminous crops. Empire Journal of Experimental Agriculture 25: 139-150
Rajput AS. Choubey NK. Shrivastava GK and Tripathi RS 1998. Nodulation, root growth and nitrogen uptake in late sown chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under varying irrigation schedule and weed management practices. World Weeds 5: 233-237.
Russel WE. 1927. Soil conditions and plant growth. Longruan, London. UK. pp. 355-362.
Sekhar DMR and Aery NC. 2001. Phosphate rock with farmyard manure as P fertilizer in neutral and weakly alkaline soils. Current science 80(9) 1113-1115.
Sharma SR and Bhandari SC. 2002. Effects of organic manure and mineral nutrients on the symbiotic efficiency in cowpea. Indian Journal of Pulses Research 15(2): 156-160.
Singh BD and Singh BP 1998. Effect of weed management practices and phosphorus levels on weed infestation, nodulation and yield of chickpea + mustard intercropping system. Indian Journal of Weed Science 30(3/4): 124-128.
Singh ON, Sharma M and Dash R. 2003. Effect of seed rate. phosphorus and FYM application on growth and yield of bold seeded lentil Indian Journal of Pulses Research 16(2) 116-118.
Upadhyay VB and Bhalla CS. 2002. Efficacy of cultural, mechanical and chemical weed control in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Indian Journal of Weed Science 34 (1-2): 141 142.
