The experiment was planned to determine the most effective leaf-applied plant growth regulators (PGRs) for the optimum
performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars and to select the most promising cultivar. The PGRs viz., indole-3-
acetic acid, gibberellic acid, kinetin, salicylic acid and triacontanol and the cultivars, DCP 92-3, GNG-469, KWR-108 and
local (H1). Biochemical characteristics like carbonic anhydrase activity (CA), nitrate reductase (NR) activity, yield parameters
viz., number of pods per plant, seed number per pod, 100-seed weight, seed yield per plant, and quality attributes i.e., seed
protein content were affected by all foliar PGRs but most promising with GA. On one hand, among the cultivars, DCP 92-
3 gave the maximum seed yield which was 60% higher over local. Similarly, on other hand, among the PGRs, GA produces
the 175% higher seed yield than water-sprayed control (Fw). The interaction treatment was found non-significant for most of
the parameter mentioned above.