Effects of Spacing and Nipping on Yield Attributes and Yield of Chickpea

The experiment was laid out during years 2018-19 to 2020-21 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Muvaliya Farm, Dahod, Gujarat. A filed experiment was conducted in RBD (Factorial concept) design with four replications. The treatments comprised of three treatments of nipping viz., no nipping (N1), nipping at 25 DAS (N2) and nipping at 35 DAS (N3) and plant to plant spacing viz., 10 cm (S1) and 20 cm (S2) in sub plot. The tested variety was Gujarat Junagadh Gram 3. The results of the experiment indicated that significantly maximum number of pods per plant (51.04), number of grains per pod (1.75), 100-grain weight (23.12 g), seed yield (1300 kg/ha) as well as straw yield (2194 kg/ha) were recorded in nipping performed at 35 DAS (N3) over the control treatment. Where is incase of plant spacing showed that significantly maximum number of pods per plant (48.51), number of grains per pod (1.70), 100-grain weight (22.98 g), grain yield (1258 kg/ha) as well as straw yield (2194 kg/ha) were observed with plant to plant spacing of 20 cm (S2) over the control treatment. The data were depicted on the pooled basis of three years.