Interaction effect of Calcium and Boron on Growth, Yield Attributes and Yield of Groundnut in Vylogam Soil Series of Madurai District

Author: M. David Israel Mansingh*, P. Saravana Pandian, P. Christy Nirmala Mary, R. Geetha and A. Veeramani

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Abstract

A field experiment was carried out to investigate the interaction impact of calcium and boron on increasing groundnut yield in the Vylogam soil series in Madurai district during the rabi season 2019. The experiment was designed in a factorial randomized block design with three replications having 20 treatmental combinations including four levels of calcium (0, 100, 150, 200 kg per Ca ha-1 applied through gypsum) as factor A and five levels of boron (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 kg B ha-1 applied through borax) as factor B. Calcium and boron levels were revealed to have a significant influence on groundnut growth and yield properties. The treatment receiving Ca @ 150 kg ha-1 and B 1.5 kg ha-1 was proved to be the most effective in improving growth and yield characteristics. The interaction of calcium and boron exhibited a strong synergistic relationship at Ca150 B1.5 kg ha-1 on growth and yield of groundnut (VRI 2) with pod yield (2317 kg ha-1) and haulm yield (3463 kg ha-1).

Keywords

Groundnut, Calcium, Boron, Growth, Yield attributes.

Conclusion

Result of the current study can be concluded that the application of 150 kg Ca ha-1 + 1.5 kg B ha-1 were found to be the optimum for better growth and yield of groundnut crop in the soils of Vylogam series of Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.

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M. David Israel Mansingh, P. Saravana Pandian, P. Christy Nirmala Mary, R. Geetha and A. Veeramani (2022). Interaction Effect of Calcium and Boron on Growth, Yield Attributes and Yield of Groundnut in Vylogam Soil Series of Madurai District. Biological F