Laser Leveler Maximized Chickpea's Growth and Yield Traits (Cicer arietinum L.)

Waqar Ali; Aijaz Ahmed Soomro; Ghulam Mustafa Laghari; Wajid Ali  Jatoi; Niaz Hussain Ujjan; Ata U Rehman; Shahid Riyaz Malik; Abdul Naeem Shaikh; Israr  Hussain

doi:10.38211/joarps.2024.05.243

Authors

Waqar Ali Department of Agronomy, Faculty of crop production, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojm, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7818-1511
Aijaz Ahmed Soomro Department of Agronomy, Faculty of crop production, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojm, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2595-6831
Ghulam Mustafa Laghari https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7433-1582
Wajid Ali Jatoi Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6146-7577
Niaz Hussain Ujjan Department of Agronomy, Faculty of crop production, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojm, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6452-3712
Ata U Rehman Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3149-1223
Shahid Riyaz Malik Charles Sturt University, Australia and ACIAR. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9646-0260
Abdul Naeem Shaikh National Agriculture Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2520-8344
Israr Hussain Quaid-E-Awam Agriculture Research Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38211/joarps.2024.05.243

Keywords:

Chickpea, laser levele, Planker, Iron blade, yield

Abstract

Since the introduction of laser leveler for land leveling in agriculture, farming community has been discussing the comparative role of different leveling implements in enhancement of crop growth and yield. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) crop under three leveling implements, including planker, iron blade and laser leveler. The research was carried out at the “Students’ Experimental Farm” of the Department of Agronomy, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan, during winter season of 2021-22. The field experiment was thrice replicated in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD, factorial) on a net area of the plot (9 m²) per replication of each treatment, a total of 81 m² per treatment. The results showed that land leveled under T₃(Laser leveler) resulted maximum growth and yield traits such as days to 50% germination (18.0), days to 50% flowering (47.53), days to 50% pod formation (77.53), plant height (72.63 cm), pods plant^-1 (71.8), seed index (193.33 g), biological yield (4226.66 kg ha^-1), grain yield (2550.0 kg ha^-1) and harvest index (59.64 %), followed by T₁= Leveling with planker. While the minimum results recorded in T₂= Leveling with iron blade for all parameters. Therefore, land should be leveled with laser leveler to achieve the higher seed (grain) yield per unit area because it ensures uniform distribution of water, fertilizer, and ease in field operations.

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