Vol. 7, Issue 9, Part K (2025)

A field experiment was conducted at Pulses Research Unit, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra during rabi season 2024-25 to evaluated the effect of plant spacings and nutrients on growth and yield parameters of Kabuli Chickpea. The experiment was carried out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications and nine treatments combinations. It consists of three plants spacing (S1- 22.5 cm × 10 cm, S2- 30 cm × 10 cm and S3 - 45 cm × 10 cm) and three levels of nutrients (N1 – 100% RDF, N2 – 125% RDF and N3 – 150% RDF). Full dose of nutrients applied as basal at the time of sowing. Result of the study revealed that sowing the newly developed chickpea variety PDKV Kabuli-5 at wider spacing of 45 cm × 10 cm boosted the growth and yield contributing parameters of Kabuli chickpea crop. However, yield per hectare was higher with spacing of 30 cm × 10 cm. Fertilizer regime significantly influenced the performance of chickpea. However, the application of 50% more fertilizer dose than recommended dose of fertilizer improved the yield ha-1 of newly developed Kabuli chickpea variety PDKV Kabuli-5.