What are the micronutrients usually respond to their application to chickpea?
Deficiency of zinc usually occurs in soils with high pH and in chickpea-rice cropping system. Basal application of zinc sulfate at 10 to 25 kg per ha gives a positive response. In calcareous soils with high pH chlorosis of leaves is caused by the non-availability of iron under waterlogged conditions. This deficiency can be corrected by foliar spray of 0.5% ferrous sulfate.
