Impact of Weather on Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with Organic Manures and Various Levels of Rock Phosphate with Psb Grown in Vertisol of Northern Dry Zone of Karnataka

A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years to study the impact of weather on performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with organic manures and various levels of rock phosphate with PSB grown in vertisol of northern dry zone of Karnataka, at Agricultural Research Station, Annigeri, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka during Rabi season of 2009-10 and 2010-11.The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications. There were nine treatment combinations consisting of two organic manures viz., compost and FYM with four levels of rock phosphate (50, 100, 150 and 200 kg ha^-1) and an absolute control treatment for comparison. In both the years 2009-10 and 2010- 11 the yield attributing parameters like number of pods per plant(67.76), number of seeds per pod(1.12), test weight(20.71gram), grain yield (2130 kg/ha) and halum yield (3300 kg/ha) were recorded with the treatment combination of compost 5 t along with rock phosphate 200 kg / ha compared to other treatment combination and absolute control.