Soil Nutrient Status of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as Influenced by Potassium and Zinc Application in Vertisol

A field experiment was planned and conducted during Rabi 2012-13 to evaluate the “Soil nutrient status of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as influenced by potassium zinc application in Vertisol”. The at Departmental Research Farm Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, laid out Randomized Block Design with three replications. There were eight treatments comprising K levels viz ; T1- Absolute control, T2- Only RDF through soil (25:50:0 NPK kg ha-1).T3 –RDF + 15 K2O ha-1,T4- 30 ha-1, T5- RDF+45 T6- RDF+15 ha-1+25 ZnSO4 T7- ha-1 25 T8- 45 ha-1.The results indicated that RDF+15or30 ha-1. Available N P various growth stages found be increased up pod development stage thereafter available decreased. While, availability decreased from flowering harvesting stage, where sulfur till harvesting. In respect micronutrients, no specific trend noted. However, maintained higher Zn throughout crop growth.