Response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to zinc and phosphorus under rainfed condition

A field experiment was conducted during 2010-11 at Agricultural Research farm, M.G.C.G.V.V., Chitrakoot. The treatment comprised 4 levels of zinc [0, 10, 20 and 30 kg Zn/ha] and five levels of phosphorus [0, 25, 40, 55 and 70 kg P/ha], replicated three times under factorial randomized block design. Growth, yield uptake, nutrient status, balance sheet and economics of treatments were significantly influenced by the different dose of zinc and phosphorus. Increasing dose of zinc increases the growth and yield characters up to 30 kg zinc/ha. However, significant response was noted up to 20 kg zinc/ha. Similarly, application of phosphorus increased the characters up to 70 kg P2O5/ha but the significant response was noted up to 55 kg/ha. There was no significant difference between 20 and 30 kg zinc/ha and 70 and 55 kg P2O5/ha.