Growth And Productivity Of Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea)  Under Different Tillage And Sowing Methods In India

Hrusikesh Patro; Md Abdul Alim; Debiprasad Dash

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Hrusikesh Patro All India Coordinated Research Project on Groundnut, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUA&T), Bhubaneswar, 751 003, Odisha (India)
Md Abdul Alim All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project, OUA&T, Chipilima, Odisha (India)
Debiprasad Dash Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Bhadrak), Ranital, Odisha (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Groundnut, planting methods, pod yield, productivity, tillage

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi seasons of 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 to assess the effect of 3 tillage practices (conventional tillage, no tillage and rotavator tillage) and 4 sowing methods (conventional sowing, seed-cum-fertilizer drill sowing, paired row sowing and criss-cross sowing) on groundnut production. Tillage methods showed no significant difference in pod yield with maximum yield in rotavator tillage treatment (1570 kg ha-1). Amongst the sowing methods, paired row sowing gave significantly highest pod yield and net returns (1781 kg ha-1and 19730 ha-1, respectively). The interactionbetween tillage practices and sowing methods was non-significant. The study revealed that none of tillage practice effectively enhanced yield, however paired row sowing proved superior in pod yield with 15.6, 22.2 and 25.4% increase over seed-cum-fertilizer drill, criss-cross sowing and conventional sowing methods, respectively. Paired row sowing also improved various yield associated attributes viz., number of pegs (35.1) and pod plant-1(27.6), shelling percentage (66.6) and 100-kernel weight (33.6 g), and profitability ( 19,730) in groundnut.

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