Effect of P Application Rate and Rhizobium Inoculation on Nodulation, Growth, and Yield Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the world’s third most vital food legume after beans and peas in production level. Yet, its productivity last decade has been declined, it contended that usual native soil rhizobial populations are insufficient/ineffective N2-fixation. Rhizobium inoculation of seed may substitute costly N-fertilizers provide a useful way achieving sustainable production. Hence, to supply an adequate population rhizosphere, chickpea with effective importunate strain essential soils having no/feeble bacterial existence revealed optimistic effect on nodule number mass, growth, yield, attributes over uninoculated ones. Its influenced by N content P-deficiency soil, rhizobium strain, variety, T°, pH, salinity, moisture stress. Phosphorus (P) demand high chickpeas, P deficiency also negative success. Several research results significant effects rate (30–200 kg P2O5 ha−1) number, rating plant−1; LAI, RGR, DM, plant height, branches pods grains plant−1, grain biomass yields, 100-grain weight, HI compared control. rates response affected level, available N, variety. Particularly, joint use stated improve nodulation, yield fertility. Various studies integrated under varying situations showed enhanced or alone. This might be attributed improved utilization provision suitable N2-fixing bacteria for nodulation supply.