~ 1857 ~    Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2017; 6(5): 1857-1860 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 JPP 2017; 6(5): 1857-1860 Received: 26-07-2017 Accepted: 27-08-2017 Jitendra Kumar Yadav M.Sc. (Ag.) Scholar Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Mahendra Sharma Professor Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India RN Yadav M.Sc. (Ag.) Scholar Department of Plant Pathology, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India SK Yadav Ph.D. Scholar Department of Agronomy, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Saroj Yadav M.Sc. (Ag.) Scholar Department of Agronomy, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303328 Correspondence Jitendra Kumar Yadav Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Effect of different organic manures on growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Jitendra Kumar Yadav, Mahendra Sharma, RN Yadav, SK Yadav and Saroj Yadav Abstract A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2016-2017 to find out effect of different organic manures on growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) at Instructional Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan). Results revealed that application of vermicompost 2 t ha -1 recorded significantly tallest plant (54.70 cm), total number of root nodules (40.73 plant -1 ), effective root nodules (36.05 plant -1 ), DMA (18.61 g plant -1 ), pods (50.12 plant -1 ), seed yield (1916 kg ha -1 ) and haulm yield (2998 kg ha -1 ) compared to other organic manure treatments. Among liquid organic manures, application of panchagvya 3 per cent remained on par with vermiwash 10 per cent also recorded significantly tallest plant (54.48 cm), total number of root nodules (39.78 plant -1 ), effective root nodules (35.10 plant -1 ), DMA (17.90 g plant -1 ), pods (49.54 plant - 1 ), seed yield (1888 kg ha -1 ) and haulm yield (2804 kg ha -1 ) as compared to cow urine and control, respectively. Keywords: Chickpea, Organic manure, Liquid organic manures, Seed yield Introduction Pulses play an important role in Indian agriculture for sustainable production, improvement in soil health and environment safety. India is the largest producer and also consumer of pulses in the world and found that it is a cheaper source of protein to overcome malnutrition among human beings. Pulses contain high percentage of quality protein nearly three times as much as cereals (Umadevi and Ganesan, 2007). The factors attributed for low yields of pulses in India are non- availability of quality seeds of improved and short duration varieties, growing of pulses under marginal and sub marginal soils with low inputs under rainfed conditions, moisture stress, poor pest and disease management, unscientific post harvest practices and storage conditions. Indiscriminate and continuous use of chemical fertilizers also had adverse effect on soil physical, chemical and biological properties there by affecting the sustainability of crop production, besides causing environmental pollution (Virmani, 1994). There is a scope to improve the productivity of pulses by enhancing the soil fertility and its productivity through increasing soil organic carbon, soil moisture storage capacity and adopting integrated nutrient and pest management practices. The crop productivity under organic production system can be enhanced through optimizing the nutrient requirement of crop at different stages. Organic systems rely on management of organic matter to enhance the soil fertility and productivity (Naik et al., 2014). Availability of quality organic sources of nutrients for the cultivation of organic farming is a great challenge so, there should be promotion of organic input production at farm itself. It can be achieved through using different sources of nutrients which have different nutrient release pattern and efficiency. Combined application of organic manures mainly compost, vermicompost and Glyricidia green leaf manure produced higher yield apart from improving soil health (Babalad et al., 2009). Further, the liquid organic manures meet the nutrient requirement of crops during standing condition with greater nutrient use efficiency and also correct its deficiency as and when noticed under organic production system (Shwetha, 2009). Chickpea being a legume, derives greater nitrogen requirement through biological nitrogen fixation, which can be harnessed by providing good soil physical and chemical condition. The edhaphic environment under organic production system will be more congenial for good crop growth and application of organics regularly maintains it at optimum level. Earlier studies have shown that legume crop productivity can be enhanced and sustained under organic production system. Therefore, a study was envisaged to find out the effect of different organic manures on growth and yield of chickpea for sustainable production. Material and Method The experimental site is at 24º35 N latitude and 74º42 E longitude and 579.5 meters above mean sea level. The region falls under agro-climatic zone IV a (Sub- humid Southern Plain and