Effect of Variety and Sulphur on Growth and Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Author: Dudekula Dileep, Vikram Singh, Dhananjay Tiwari, Shruti G. George and Padachala Swathi

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Abstract

A field experiment was carried out during Kharif 2020 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) to study effect of variety and sulphur on yield and yield components of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Treatments consists of 3 different varieties of groundnut viz. Kadiri Amaravathi, Dharani, Kadiri 6 and 3 levels of Sulphur viz. 20, 30 and 40kg/ha as basal. Each of the nine treatments was repeated three times and laid out in a randomised block pattern. The results revealed that treatment 9 (Kadiri 6 with 40kg/ha sulphur per hectare) recorded maximum plant height (59.31), number of nodules/plant (56.73), dry weight (47.53), number of pods per plant (22.65), number of kernels per pod (2.01), seed index (38.57), seed yield (2900.00), haulm yield (4479.00), gross returns (130763.00), net returns (81059.70) and B:C Ratio (1.63). It reveals from the study that application of sulphur in optimum doses i.e., 40 kg/ha contribute to enhance the rate of crop development, oil content and yield in groundnut by

Keywords

Kadiri Amaravathi, Dharani, Kadiri 6, Sulphur, groundnut yield attributes.

Conclusion

It can be concluded that higher yield with better quality of ground nut (Kadiri 6) was found with application of variety Kadiri 6 with 40 Kg/ha Sulphur in terms of more productivity (2900.00 Kg/ha) as well as net returns (Rs.81059.7/ha).

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Dileep, D., Singh, V., Tiwari, D., George, S.G. and Swathi, P. (2021). Effect of Variety and Sulphur on Growth and Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(1): 475-478.