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creators_name: Ramakrishna, A
creators_name: Wani, S P
creators_name: Srinivasa Rao, Ch
creators_name: Srinivas Reddy, U
icrisatcreators_name: Ramakrishna, A
icrisatcreators_name: Wani, S P
icrisatcreators_name: Srinivasa Rao, Ch
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: Assistant Project Director-Engineering(Nandyal)
country: India
title: Increased chickpea yield and economic benefits by improved crop production technology in rainfed areas of Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh, India
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.1
full_text_status: public
note: We gratefully acknowledge the
 Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project (APRLP)/
 DFID for financial assistance and all the farmers for their
 overwhelming support in conducting the t
abstract: Sixteen on-farm trials in 2002 and 9 trials in 2003 were conducted in Nandavaram and Jillella villages of Banaganapalle mandal in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, India, during the post-rainy season to evaluate the performance of improved production technologies (T1) and farmers' practice (T2) for chickpea production. T1 consisted of improved cultivar (ICCC 37), sowing rate of 60 kg/ha, seed treatment with thiram (3 g/kg), inoculation with Rhizobium, 20 kg N, 50 kg P2O5/ha, basal application of micronutrient mixture (5 kg borax, 0.5 kg B/ha; 50 kg zinc sulfate, 10 kg Zn/ha; and 200 kg gypsum, 30 kg S/ha), and need-based pest and disease control measures. Inter-cultivation was conducted at 25 and 50 days after sowing to control weeds. One insecticide spray was given at the pod formation stage to control pod borers. T2 consisted of a local cultivar, sowing rate of 50 kg/ha, 14 kg N/ha, and 35 kg P2O5/ha. T1 gave higher grain yields and recorded a mean yield of 2.09 t/ha, which was 53% higher than that obtained with T2 (1.37 t/ha). The increased grain yield under T1 was mainly because of greater total dry matter, 100-grain weight and harvest index. T1 also resulted in increased mean income of US$190 and a cost-benefit ratio of 2.9.
date: 2005
date_type: published
publication: Journal of SAT Agricultural Research
volume: 1
number: 1
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
pagerange: 1-3
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0973-3094
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funders: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project 
funders: Department for International Development
citation:   Ramakrishna, A and Wani, S P and Srinivasa Rao, Ch and Srinivas Reddy, U  (2005) Increased chickpea yield and economic benefits by improved crop production technology in rainfed areas of Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh, India.  Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 1 (1).  pp. 1-3.  ISSN 0973-3094     
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