YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF CHICKPEA INFLUENCED BY IRRIGATION LEVEL

An experiment was conducted at the Research farm of Crop Physiology and Ecology Department, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), Dinajpur, Bangladesh during November 2012 to April 2013 to evaluate phenology and yield contributing attributes, of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) varieties affected by irrigations levels. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications. Four irrigation levels [I0-No irrigation(control), I₁-30 mm irrigation one at pre-flowering stage, I₂-30 mm irrigation one at pod formation stage and I₃ (30+30=60 mm irrigation one at pre-flowering stage and one at pod formation stage] were considered as main plot treatment and three chickpea genotypes (Barichhola-6, Barichhola-7 and Barichhola-9) were considered as sub plot treatment.  Effect of irrigation on phenology was significant. Results showed that most of the yield contributing characters such as number of grain per pod, 1000- grain weight, grain yield and harvest index increased significantly due to application of irrigation and he maximum when the chickpea varieties were treated with I₃ then others.