An Evaluation of the Agrometeorological Heat Indices for Different Dates of Sowing and Varieties of Chickpeas
Kuldeep Singh Khangarot *
Department of Environmental Science & NRM, College of Forestry, SHUATS, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abhishek James
Department of Environmental Science & NRM, College of Forestry, SHUATS, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vinaypal Singh
Department of Environmental Science & NRM, College of Forestry, SHUATS, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at the farmer area of “JOBNER, Jaipur” during rabi season 2020-21. The treatments consist of three growing dates viz. 25th October, 10th November, 25th November and three varieties of Chickpea viz. RGS 973 (Abha), CSJD-884 (Akash), RSG-991 (Arpana) were laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replication. The study revealed that 25th October dated chickpea crop performed better than rest two dates of sowing. In case of meteorological heat unit the second date of sowing I.e. 10th November out performed the rest two dates of sowing.
Keywords: Chickpea, sowing dates, pod length, test weight, growing degree days, heliothermal unit, photothermal unit