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Optimisation of sowing date and nipping practice for enhancing seed yield and quality in chickpea


DOI: 10.31830/2454-1761.2026.CR-1122    | Article Id: CR-1122 | Page : 290-295
Citation :- Optimisation of sowing date and nipping practice for enhancing seed yield and quality in chickpea. Crop Res. 61: 290-295
GIRISH CHANDRA, POOJA BARTHWAL AND HIMANI PETWAL poojabarthwal30@gmail.com
Address : Department of Seed Science and Technology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand, India
Submitted Date : 18-04-2026
Accepted Date : 22-05-2026
Online Published:

Abstract

An experiment was carried out during rabi season 2024-25 in SGRR University, Dehradun, India to optimise sowing time and nipping for improved growth, yield and quality. The experiment was conducted in a factorial Randomised Block Design comprising of 10 treatments combinations which included five different dates of sowing i.e. 20th October (T1), 30th October (T2), 10th November (T3), 20th November (T4), 30th November (T5) along with Nipping (N1), and without nipping (N2) replicated thrice. Evaluation of the data collected from the field revealed that nipping on November 10th sowing (N1T3) performed best amongst all the treatments with highest seed yield (14.00 q/ha), plant height (52.40 cm), fresh weight (69.20 g/plant) and dry matter accumulation (26.00 g/plant). In seed quality parameters, maximum germination per cent (90.10 %), seedling length (20.60 cm), seedling dry matter accumulation (0.35 g), Vigour Index-I (1856.06), Vigour index-II (31.53) and test weight (128 g) was also recorded with treatment N1T3. The result concludes that nipping practice performed in the seeds sown on 10th November was the most effective in enhancing plant growth, yield and quality parameters ultimately contributing to the increased productivity of the crop.  

Keywords

Chickpea nipping sowing seed quality yield 

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