Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) root nodulation and yield as affected by micronutrients application and Rhizobium inoculation

Chickpea is the seed of the annual plant (Cicer arietinum L.). It belongs to the Leguminosae family widely grown for its nutritious seeds. Chickpea is a deep rooted, self-pollinated, annual legume crop. Chickpea is used for diabetes and high cholesterol. In the present text, the study on effect of application of micronutrients and inoculation of Rhizobium on root nodulation in chickpea was studied. The increase in the number of branches, number of nodules, dry weight of nodules per plant, pods per plant, seed yield, straw yield, net monetary return and B : C ratio was studied and its comparative increase on the economics was calculated. Ultimately the result was that the application of recommended dose of fertilizer in chickpea along with Rhizobium inoculation and application of PSB as well as seed treatment with ammonium molybdate 2 g/kg could be used and it was found to be the best treatment among all the other treatments. Hence, this was the ultimate result of the experiment.