Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during winter seasons of 2009–10 and 2010–11 to study the effect of foliar and basal nourishment on nutrient contents and uptake of chickpea. The nutrient contents in grain and straw viz., N, P and K deviated significantly-due to foliar spray and basal application of fertilizers. The treatment interactions were found to be significant only in case of P and K contents in grain and straw. Amongst the foliar spray treatments, DAP (2%) enhanced the N and P contents in grain and straw as well as their uptake significantly. Similarly, basal application of N20P50K20S20 increased all these parameters significantly over the control. When both these foliar and basal application of nutrients were combined, the NPK nutrient contents and their uptake of chickpea were further enhanced synergistically.