Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Nitrogen 25 kg/ha with 2.0% potassium nitrate gave the highest number of branches per plant (4.77) in chickpea.

A claim from Effect of nitrogen and foliar application of potassium on growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) · 2024

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nitrogen 25 kg/ha with 2.0% potassium nitrate gave the highest number of branches per plant (4.77) in chickpea.

Taxon
chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
Treatment
Application of Nitrogen (25 kg/ha) and Potassium nitrate (2.0%)e1
Outcome
number of branches/plante1
Direction
higheste1
Value
4.77e1
Setting
Crop Research Farme2

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Cicer arietinum
Cicer arietinum · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 58–107
e1

“Application of Nitrogen (25 kg/ha) and Potassium nitrate (2.0%) recorded highest plant height (61.13 cm), number of branches/plant (4.77)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 814–951
e2

“A field Experiment was conducted during rabi season 2023-24. at Crop Research Farm in department of agronomy (Shuats)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–117

Title

Effect of nitrogen and foliar application of potassium on growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Rishi Kumar Mund; Umesha C; Jagdish Prasad Gurjar International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research 2024. doi:10.33545/26174693.2024.v8.i7sl.1669

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potassium nitrate · yield · Cicer arietinum (chickpea)Results agree

13 papers: 13 positive, 0 negative or no effect

12 papers in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
    Potassium nitrate improved crop growth, symbiosis, yield and nutrient uptake versus controls.

    Optimizing sowing dates and stress protectants to enhance growth, productivity and nutrient uptake of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) under terminal heat stress conditions in North-Western India · 2025 · compared with water spray and no spray

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  2. positive
    KNO3 foliar spray increased yield and related yield traits relative to control.

    Effect of Foliar Application of Organic and Inorganic Substances on the Yield of Chick Pea under Limited Water Supply · 2019 · compared with control

    Same direction

  3. positive
    Four-hour potassium nitrate priming increased gross returns, net returns and benefit:cost ratio.

    Seed Priming: A Low Cost Input for Yield Maximization of Rainfed Chickpea · 2021

    Same direction

  4. positive
    KNO3 priming significantly increased branch number, pod number and thousand grain weight.

    The effect of seed priming in chickpea under sodic soil · 2021 · compared with hydro priming and unprimed control

    Same direction

  5. positive
    KNO3 at 2% under ZT+R produced significantly highest grain yield of 12.5 q/ha compared with ZT and CT.

    Effect of tillage and bioregulators on physiological parameters and yield of rainfed chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) · 2024 · compared with ZT and CT

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Potassium nitrate priming for four hours significantly increased yield and yield attributes.

    Evaluation of Seed Priming on Growth of Chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.) · 2023

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Foliar nutrient treatments increased green chickpea productivity by 8.9 to 12.1%.

    Effect of foliar application of potassium nitrate on yield attributes, productivity and economics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivation in south-western Punjab · 2023 · compared with recommended fertilizer dose

    Same direction

  8. positive
    KNO3(2%) gave maximum total carbon output, carbon efficiency ratio and net carbon output under ZT+R.

    Evaluation of carbon efficient production system through combine effects of tillage and Bioregulators on Rainfed chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) · 2024

    Same direction

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nitrogen · yield · Cicer arietinum (chickpea)Results differ

102 papers: 93 positive, 9 negative or no effect

92 papers in the same direction as this claim · 9 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Chickpea grain yield was unaffected by fertilizer nitrogen supply and ranged from 2.0–2.4 t/ha.

    Nitrogen fixation and soil nitrate interactions in field-grown chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) and fababean ( Vicia faba ) · 2002

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Above 80–120 kg ha −1 N, chickpea production decreased.

    NITROGEN FIXATION OF GRAIN LEGUMES DIFFERS IN RESPONSE TO NITROGEN FERTILISATION · 2016

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Additional nitrogen had no significant effect on chickpea seed yield.

    Response of Chickpea to Nitrogen, and a Comparison of the Factors Affecting Chickpea Seed Yield with those Affecting Wheat Grain Yield · 1995

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Different nitrogen levels did not influence NBeG47 seed yield, yield attributes or plant biometrics.

    Suitability of chickpea ‘NBeG47’ for mechanical harvesting under rainfed condition · 2015

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Nitrogen fertilizer did not increase seed yield in either legume.

    Effect of irrigation on growth and yield of Kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.). · 2008

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Nitrogen did not increase chickpea seed yield.

    Effect of sowing date, nitrogen and rhizobium inoculation on flowering and development of yield in chickpeas · 1993

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Lower nitrogen reduced crop yields.

    Growth Performance of Mustard and Chickpea under Different Intercropping Patterns and Nitrogen Fertilizer Levels in North-Western India · 2025

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Nitrogen doses of 0 to 120 kg ha(-1) had no significant effect on chickpea yield and yield components.

    The effect of bacterial inoculation and different nitrogen doses on yield and yield components of some chickpea genotypes (Cicer arietinum L.) · 2009

    Opposite direction

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