Effect of Different Nutrient Management Practices on Growth and Root Character of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
摘要
Owing to high environmental adaptability, chickpea is a key crop in the Bundelkhand region. While the effects of conjoint use of organics and inorganics on chickpea productivity are well studied, there have been a lack of general consensus how such combinations may affect the root characteristics. The objective of this study was to evaluate the conjoint effects of organics and inorganics on biomass yield and root character of chickpea. A field experiment was thus conducted in a completely randomized block design with ten treatments replicated thrice. The combination of 100% NPKS with farmyard manure (FYM) (5 t ha−1) or vermicompost (5 t ha−1) significantly (P < 0.05) increased the plant growth indices like shoot dry weight, number of nodules per plant, root fresh weight, root dry weight and the increase with FYM was 29.8, 3720.9, 23.3 and 22.7% at 45 DAS and 8.2, 26.0, 26.8 and 27.1% at 60 DAS; whereas the increase with vermicompost was 33.1, 22.7, 27.6 and 27.3% at 45 DAS and 9.9, 31.9, 32.3, and 32.2% at 60 DAS as compared to 100% NPKS, respectively. It is concluded that a conjoint application of inorganics and organics could be key for improvement of chickpea root architecture and growth.