Impact of sowing time and varieties on productivity, profitability and weather interactions of chickpea
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Non-monetary inputs in agriculture, such as the date of sowing has a significant impact on growth and development of chickpea. Rice-fallow chickpea sowing may be delayed for several reasons; hence, need proper sowing-window standardisation. Therefore, A field experiment carried out during Rabi, 2022-23 at Agricultural College, Jagtial, Telangana with six dates of sowing in chickpea i.e., 1st November (D1), 15th November (D2), 1st December (D3), 15th December (D4), 1st January (D5) and 15th January (D6) in main plots and three varieties i.e., JG-14 (V1), NBeG-3 (V2) and NBeG-47 (V3) in sub plots of split plot design. Outcomes of the experiment revealed that chickpea crop sown at D1 was found to be economical with highest seed yield (22.65 q/ha), gross returns (118478 Rs/ha), net returns (90128 Rs/ha) and B:C ratio (4.1), which is on par with D2 sown crop and lowest with D6 sowing. While V2 variety yielded the highest (18.98 q/ha), gross returns (99283 Rs/ha), net returns (70933 Rs/ha), and B:C ratio (3.4), which is on par with V1, and lowest with V3. Sowing time efficiency was highest in D1 (136%) and lowest in D6 (33%). Correlation analysis among crop yield and weather parameters also revealed that delayed sowing increases heat stress during the growth period and has a negative impact on biomass and yield.
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Chickpea, Dates of sowing, Economics, Sowing time efficiency Varieties
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