Chickpea

What to do:

• Use quality seed of the variety
• Use newly released high yielding varieties recommended for the area
• Procure seed from authentic sources
• Always treat the seed with fungicide first (2-3 days in advance) and then with Rhizobium culture
• Use recommended dose of fertilizer and micronutrients as per need
• Adhere to appropriate time of sowing and seed rate
• Adopt  line sowing/ridge furrow method/raised bed method as per need
• Pre mergence application of Pendimethaline (with in 6-3 hours of sowing)
• Irrigate the crop to avoid moisture stress/frost damage
• Spray 2% Urea/DAP solution in rainfed areas
• Sun drying of grains before bagging/storage

What not to do

• Don't use damaged seed and traditional varieties
• 1Don't broad caste the seed
• Avoid direct contact of seed and fertilizer
• Don't treat the seed with fungicide and Rhizobium simultaneously
• Don't spray pendimethaline on dry soil
• Never flood the field and don't irrigated chickpea at time of flowering
• Don't put bird perches in the field at the time of grain formation