Chickpea (Bengal gram, channa)
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Botanical name
Cicer arietinum
Family
Fabaceae
Origin
South East Turkey
Seed Rate
75-100 kg per hectare
Season
Rabi
Time of sowing
mid-October to mid-November
Land Preparation
heavy soil, a rough seedbed and for intercropping deep-plow the field
Seed Treatment
Mesorhizobium + Rhizobacterum culture one packet each per acre seed, Captan@3g or Bavistan @2g per kg seed against blight and wilt
Spacing
30 x 10 cm
Water Management
pre-sowing irrigation, one irrigation at pre-flowering stage and one at pod development stage
Inter cultivation
Two hoeings at 30 and 60 days after sowing.
Weed management
Fluchloralin (Basalin) 1 kg per hectare or Metribuzin or Prometrynen at the rate of 1.0-1.5 kg active ingredient as pre-emergence spray
Fertilizer dose
6 kg N (13 kg Urea), 8 kg P2O5 (50 kg SSP)
Harvesting
150-160 days
Pests
gram pod borer
Diseases
Sclerotinia Blight, wilt, rust etc.
Botanical name
Cicer arietinum
Family
Fabaceae
Origin
South East Turkey
Seed Rate
75-100 kg per hectare
Season
Rabi